November 2017
News
Nov 24 2017
Highway to the Arctic
A new highway opened last week. The Inuvik Tuktoyaktuk Highway is short, just 137 kilometres long. But it’s important. It’s the first year-round road connecting Canada to the Arctic Ocean.
The two-lane gravel road is built on permafrost. It took four years to build....
Technology
Nov 17 2017
A sKan for Skin Cancer
Four engineering grads from McMaster University in Ontario have come up with a cool idea. It’s a handheld sensor that spots skin cancer. They call it the sKan.
The team sent their design for the sKan to the 2017 James Dyson Award.
Students around the world entered this...
History
Nov 10 2017
Extra, Extra, Read All About It!
A team of archaeologists has discovered the world’s oldest paper. These scraps of Egyptian papyrus helped answer an important question. How were the pyramids built?
It’s a mystery that’s puzzled people for years. Who knew they’d find the key in an old diary?
Ancient...
Indigenous
Nov 03 2017
Picture This
Picture Day. You know how it works. A company comes to your school. Your class lines up. The photographer says, “Smile.” Then, click!
An envelope goes home. The payment goes back. And picture day is over for another year.
This year, the three schools in Lac Seul First...