Photo courtesy of Yens Pedersen. Participants of an introduction to beekeeping course huddled around a hive fully decked out in white suits, gloves and veils, watching a honey comb extraction. Their instructor, dressed in khaki shorts and a button down shirt, instructed the course with […]
On Apr. 1, Pope Francis apologized to Indigenous delegates for the “deplorable” abuse Indigenous people suffered in residential schools from the Catholic church. The apology followed a week of meetings with First Nations, Metis, and Inuit delegates who traveled from Canada to the Vatican. Delegates […]
The role of public transit in Saskatchewan is important to its citizens, whether it be city or rural, but with the provincial budget and environmental framework plans of cities, it’s not clear how this need will be fulfilled. In 2018, the Sask party shut down […]
Stephen Lylyk April 11, 2022 Regina and Saskatoon are attempting to make their case to the International Ice Hockey Federation to host the 2023 world junior championships. In a bid announced last Monday both Regina and Saskatoon city councils approved “a $350,000 bid per city […]
Photo courtesy of Yens Pedersen. Participants of an introduction to beekeeping course huddled around a hive fully decked out in white suits, gloves and veils, watching a honey comb extraction. Their instructor, dressed in khaki shorts and a button down shirt, instructed the course with […]
On Apr. 1, Pope Francis apologized to Indigenous delegates for the “deplorable” abuse Indigenous people suffered in residential schools from the Catholic church. The apology followed a week of meetings with First Nations, Metis, and Inuit delegates who traveled from Canada to the Vatican. Delegates […]
The role of public transit in Saskatchewan is important to its citizens, whether it be city or rural, but with the provincial budget and environmental framework plans of cities, it’s not clear how this need will be fulfilled. In 2018, the Sask party shut down […]
After holding a virtual program in 2020 due to COVID 19, the Indigenous Communication Arts Summer Institute returns to in-person classes this year. The program serves as a way one student connects to a lost loved one. “I was laid off due to the pandemic […]
The Motherduckers: (from left to right; back: Thomas Suwala, Ben Norton, Reece Gilbert, Sam Rayner; middle: Nolan Rae, me, Alyssa Hoffert, Ashley Prosser; front: Shayla Pelletier, Aiden Doig, J’Lynn Aquin) According to the 2004 classic comedy Dodgeball, “if you can dodge a wrench, you can […]
Pîkiskwêwin is an Indigenous language podcast that encourages the revitalization of endangered Indigenous languages. The federally-funded project was initiated by Shannon Avison, a professor in the Indigenous Communication and Fine Arts department at the First Nations University of Canada. Avison wanted to create a project […]
“On Feb. 24, 2022, my parents called me and said that the war had begun,” said Anastasiia Chernencko, the Ukrainian newcomer in Regina, Canada. The war forced Chernencko to leave her homeland and she arrived in Canada three days ago. The number of newly arrived […]
There’s a new hitch in Dan Cole’s plan to transform Kennedy, Sask. and area into a historic tourist attraction resembling a time before technology. Cole is hoping to build a campground for families looking to learn the old way of life, a venture that requires […]
Hardhats, concrete, and construction trailers have revealed that work has begun on the Regina Humane Society’s new 38,000-square-foot multi-use facility. Nearly two years after the initial project announcement, two sources have confirmed that construction on the $20-million facility is in progress. “Our beloved animals deserve […]
