The camelina plant has seemed to many North Americas nothing more than an invasive weed. Taylor Henkelman, of Swan River, Manitoba, however, sees a valuable resource. Camelina is drought resistant, doesn’t mind the cold, needs virtually no pesticides to thrive, crowds out weeds and could have a variety of uses as an edible oil with [...]

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Swan Valley Regional Secondary School (Swan River, Manitoba), 6 Projects, 7 students, Teacher Advisor: Paula Norman Aaron Sagert , “Biodiesel in Oil Crops Using Camelina Seeds,” Mentor Dr. Jim Daun, Agrianalytical Joel Hart and Dexter Bird, “Usage of Biofilms,” Mentor: Dawson Reimer, Medicue Inc. Breanna Anderson, “Is Natural vs Processed Really Better: A Comparison of [...]

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Swan Valley Regional Secondary School student, Kirsten Larson, receiving the 2009 national prize for the project with the most promising commercial application In its second year, the Northern Manitoba Sanofi-Aventis BioTalent Challenge 2008/2009 is coordinated by MindSet, the Manitoba Network for Science and Technology, a program of Manitoba Science, Technology, Energy and Mines, as a [...]

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Investigating the benefits of the haskap berry Could a little-known Japanese fruit be the next big thing in nutraceuticals? Eighteen-year-old Kirsten Larson has thought so ever since her family planted an acre of haskap berry bushes on their llama farm new Swan River, Manitoba, four years ago. Now, thanks to her research project for this [...]

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Winning students and supervising teachers Frontier Collegiate in Cranberry Portage, Manitoba, and Swan Valley Regional Secondary School in Swan River, Manitoba, commemorate the first year’s competition in of the Northern SABC program after the awards luncheon in The Pas, Manitoba. In its second year, the Northern Manitoba Sanofi-Aventis BioTalent Challenge 2008/2009 is coordinated by MindSet, [...]

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