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“My quality of life has been compromised”: U of S study finds STC closure has had a devastating impact on Saskatchewan people
A new study from the University of Saskatchewan has found that the 2017 closure of STC has had wide-ranging impacts on everything from social connections to the functioning of the healthcare system itself. -
A community response to COVID-19
As lockdown eases, a group providing assistance to Elders and seniors during COVID-19 is rethinking what community support looks like during the long arc of the pandemic. -
Roundtable on reopening Saskatchewan schools
The controversial reopening plan for Saskatchewan public schools has seen educators, students, and parents hit the streets in protests. Four of them shared their concerns about the Sask Party's plans with Sask Dispatch. -
“We have buried too many”: A Q&A with Tristen Durocher
Durocher, a 24-year-old Métis fiddler, has walked from Air Ronge to begin a hunger strike on the lawn of the Saskatchewan Legislature, demanding resources for suicide prevention. -
“A symbolic step”: group calls on city of Regina to rename Dewdney Avenue
As Indian Commissioner and lieutenant governor of Saskatchewan, Edgar Dewdney left a legacy of colonial violence and trauma on the Prairies. Now some have joined together in a campaign to remove his name from one of Regina's busiest streets. -
The great Saskatchewan tuition crisis
Tuition rates have grown by leaps and bounds – and so has student debt. How do we reverse the trend? -
When collecting CERB means losing disability benefits
In Saskatchewan, disabled people on income assistance live off barely half of what the feds’ COVID-19 benefit promises, an amount below the provincial poverty line. -
Business in Wascana violates Master Plan and threatens the park’s future
A Master Plan was put in place to ensure the integrity of Regina's iconic park, but over the past few years, the plan has been undermined and business has begun to encroach on public space. -
“A culture of perpetration”: what’s behind sexual violence in Saskatchewan
Sexual Assault Services of Saskatchewan released an in-depth report on sexual violence in the province. The report has been three years in the making, and it provides insights into the nature and the cause of sexual violence in Saskatchewan. -
State of the unions
Militancy, “negative solidarity,” and fighting to win in Saskatchewan and Canada’s labour movement