Regina’s signature pizza features a doughy crust smothered with a zingy sauce, a mountain of meat, veggies (sometimes pineapple) and layer upon layer of cheese. It’s thick like lasagna and cut into four-by-four-inch squares. This distinctive recipe is known as Regina-style, but can Regina really claim it?
Saskatoon’s Gary Huang asked CBC’s new podcast Good Question, Saskatchewan, “Why do we produce so many professional hockey players?” The podcast team decided to ask some people who know Saskatchewan hockey inside and out.
Our Good Question, Saskatchewan podcast team took the plunge — literally — to better understand the risks and benefits of cold plunging, and how it might make us more resilient to our winters.
Matt Kwan, Canada Research Chair in youth mental health and performance at Brock University, said there is ample evidence that being outside is good for you, even in winter.
Streetcars were the primary way to move around Saskatoon and Regina for the first part of the 20th century. The cars were attached to overhead electric lines and ran along a rail system through downtown in both cities.
Saskatchewan keeps its clocks set to central standard time year-round, while the rest of the Canadian provinces adjust their clocks twice a year to maximize daylight and save on energy costs.
Jesse Stewart, an associate professor of linguistics at the University of Saskatchewan, said we need to look at the origins of the name to unpack the varying pronunciations.
Saskatchewan ships items to more than 160 countries around the world. While we are most known for food, fuel and fertilizer, he said there are plenty of other products putting Saskatchewan on the map.