Tag: Regina

Photo of the Day: Neighbourhood Sunset

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Lookie what I found…

…on Amazon.ca: the cover art for my upcoming book Historic Walks of Regina and Moose Jaw! It must be getting close.

Photos of the (Canada) Day: Regina Fireworks!

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Return of the Photo of the Day: Regina Sunset

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Snow slogging and photo blogging in the Warehouse District

My final trudge through the snow taking photos for Historic Walks of Regina and Moose Jaw took me to the Warehouse District, where I saw–you guess it–lots of warehouses. Here’s a favorite: This 1920 building was built for the hardware and school supplies wholesaler Wood Vallance Ltd. It merged with Marshall-Wells of Moose Jaw in …

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Snow slogging and photo blogging, the sequel

The second tour I photographed Friday for my Historic Walks of Regina and Moose Jaw book was Germantown. You may be wondering about the name. From the introduction to this section in the book: Germantown…emerged as a distinct residential and commercial neighbourhood in the early 1900s. Regina Market Square, established in 1892, was a public …

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Trudging through the snow, carrying a camera…

…was how I spent a large chunk of today. Still working on Historic Walks of Regina and Moose Jaw, and having been stymied in my plan to do two, count ’em, two tours yesterday by snow. (Snow! In Saskatchewan! In the winter! Who’d have thunk it?) today I at least managed one, in the General …

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My apologies for the light blogging…

…I’ve been struggling with computer problems that culminated today in my taking my desktop machine to the shop. Then I spent several more hours getting my laptop (on which I’m writing this) set up as my temporary desktop machine. By way of making amends, I offer several photos taken while I was strolling around the …

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Bonus Photo of the (Yester)Day: Berries and Bricks

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Photo of the (Yester)Day: Church Lamp

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Researching the glue that holds the universe together

Sometimes I think I’m a little too focused in these column on the practical applications of recent scientific research. That’s understandable, since it’s through technology and new ways of doing things that science impacts on our everyday lives. But underpinning all scientific advances is basic research: research conducted, not to enable us to make a …

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If Astana, Kazakhstan, can do it…

…why can’t Regina, Saskatchewan? Heck, if you squint, the two names are practically identical. “It,” in this case, is cover 100,000 square metres of downtown space with a giant, semi-transparent, climate-controlled tent. (Shades of the domed cities so beloved of old-time science fiction writers.) To whit: The Khan Shatyry entertainment centre in Astana will become …

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