The 2015 election may have been the longest election in Canadian history, but to millennial students at the University of Regina, 2019’s felt like forever. “I can’t wait to get it over with,” said Noe Morin, who studies creative technologies at the U of R. […]
After a nasty campaign where leaders were arguing and outright lying, many voters in Saskatchewan are looking for one thing – honesty. At Dr. A. E. Perry Elementary School polling station in Regina, a steady stream of people came and went throughout the morning. When […]
With Canadians headed to the polls Monday, university students were eager to voice their opinions. A wide-range of issues were brought up during interviews at an on-campus polling station. “For me, climate change, high tuition and the challenge of finding a job out of university […]
School bulletin boards and doctors offices used to be painted in the Canada Food Guide’s colours of the rainbow. Eating healthy meant getting daily servings from each of the four food groups. A toddler running around the house needed four daily servings of fruits and […]
A Regina artist and student is using skateboard design to spark conversations about Canada’s dark past. Michael Langan started the Regina-based company Colonialism Skateboards in 2015. It was a way to educate people on Canada’s history with Indigenous peoples, including residential schools and people needing […]
Canada’s first accessibility bill is missing a key aspect, say disability advocates, by not including American Sign Language (ASL) as an official Canadian language. Deaf persons locally and nationally are calling for the official recognition of ASL and Quebec’s Langue des signes québécoise, the two […]
It was not until recently that Xavier Fulton, who used to play offensive line for the Saskatchewan Roughriders, has been open about his struggles with anxiety and depression. “I’m 6’5” I’m just over 300 pounds I can bench press the world but I have anxiety […]
Vancouver-based Indigenous artists Dakota Bear and Casey Desjarlais have begun a campaign to stop human trafficking following an alleged incident in Prince Albert. According to the Prince Albert Daily Herald, a man claims he took a taxi and woke up in a locked room where […]
What started out with a small class project turned into a national award-winning program about the legacy of residential schools. Founder of Project of Heart, Sylvia Smith, started the program 13 years ago with her high school class when one student expressed an interest in […]
If it wasn’t for the wheelchair, you wouldn’t know the blonde-haired woman with the big smile is facing life or death. Twenty-three year-old Shailynn Taylor from Moose Jaw has Type II Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) which, in its severest form, kills most before their second […]
