By: Kayla Guerrette  Mark Brigham is known as the bat man. Brigham, a biologist at the University of Regina, wants to save all of the bats found in Saskatchewan. Over the years it has become more of a daunting task. For the past 10 years, […]

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 […]

Homeschooled students tend to do better than their public school counterparts when it comes to standardized test taking. According to one study published in the Canadian Journal of Behavioral Science compared with public school children, homeschooled children tended to be ahead, with a half-grade advantage […]

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 […]

Imam Zeeshan Ahmed was preparing for his Friday sermon at the Mahmood Mosque in Regina when he heard about the New Zealand mosque attack that left 50 people dead and the rest of the world stunned. “I was preparing and looked at my phone, and […]

‘‘No Tomorrow’’ is the title of the school tour that MADD (Mothers Against Drunk Driving) is taking across Saskatchewan. And the title could ring true for anyone of the hundreds of students at Thom Collegiate on Mar. 25 if they choose to get behind the […]

The provincial government announced an increase to its climate change funding for the 2019 budget, following the introduction of the province’s Prairie Resilience climate change plan in the fall of 2018. According to Minister of Environment Dustin Duncan, the 61 per cent bump in funding […]

The Government of Saskatchewan is providing a $3000 tax credit for volunteer firefighters, and volunteer first responders, starting in the 2020 tax year. The tax credit will only be available to those who have 200 hours, or more, of volunteer work. But according to Doug […]

Wednesday’s provincial budget announcement saw an increase for autism individualized funding for children six-years-old and under. In the 2018-19 budget, the province announced each child diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) who meets the age requirement would receive $4,000. This year, it is increased to […]

The Saskatchewan government has committed to creating 72 new addiction treatment beds across the province as part of its increased addiction funding in this year’s budget. In the 2019-2020 budget released on Wednesday, the province outlined its plan to invest more than $52 million in […]