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Health-care spending big – but misses the mark
The Sask Party’s new budget falls short on addressing the crises in health care, from long-term care infrastructure to worker burnout – and hints at more health-care privatization to come. -
“The SIS-tem is broken”
Activists marched in Regina on Monday to protest low social assistance rates. They say SIS benefits are so low that they are driving recipients into homelessness. -
Welcoming Afghan climate activists
After the Taliban’s takeover, climate justice activists are fleeing Afghanistan. Climate Justice Saskatoon is one organization working to help sponsor and resettle Afghan activists in Saskatchewan. -
The colourful history of LSD trials in Saskatchewan
A new graphic novel explores the history of LSD trials in Saskatchewan, where researchers conducted human trials on themselves and patients at the province’s Weyburn Mental Hospital. -
Students call on the UofR to freeze international students’ tuition
At the University of Regina, international students pay more than double what domestic students pay for the same courses, while only being able to work a limited number of hours. -
Meet Emily Klatt, the Dispatch’s new editor
Emily’s bringing her reporting skills and roots in southern Saskatchewan to the Sask Dispatch to help grow independent, progressive media in the province. -
Feeding a neighbourhood
In Regina’s Cathedral neighbourhood, the organizers of a community fridge are asking not just how to feed their neighbours, but why people are going hungry in the first place. -
A letter from the outgoing editor
A warm farewell to the Briarpatch/Sask Dispatch community. -
When pigs can fly
The Regina police are asking for another $3.5 million plus an airplane. It’s a colossal waste of public money, and it won’t make the most vulnerable community members any safer. -
When board meetings are not enough: A poem for abolition
At a recent city council meeting where Saskatoon approved millions more in funding for the Saskatoon Police Service, Erica Violet Lee was the only one who spoke against the increase. Rather than trying to convince those whose minds had already been made, she read a poem she had written in honour of Neil Stonechild, Kimberly Squirrel, and all the others whose lives have been stolen by colonial and carceral violence in Saskatoon.