The University of Regina Students Union is hoping Mental Health Awareness Week will help students get the help they need. Shawn Wiskar, URSU president, helped organize the weeklong event and said students are struggling with things like mental health and financial stress. “Conversations around how […]
The Exchange in Regina is packed, the crowd cheering loudly. They’re wearing backwards hats, gold chains and tattoos are everywhere. One rapper is as young as 15 and one of the DJs has grey hair. I was there to write a story, but when I […]
Picture someone at a live music show with a plate of bacon in one hand and a cold beer in the other, and your first thought might be that this is an odd mixture. But for the past five years it has been a winning […]
With an opioid crisis rising across the country, Naloxone is becoming more accessible for individuals seeking training and to obtain a kit in order to be responsive to those suffering an opioid overdose. Training and kits have been readily available to the public since early […]
A lesser-known strategy for lowering anxiety is being hailed for helping people live a healthier life. Vision board workshops, a type of artistic envisioning of personal desires, are providing a chance to physically see one’s goals by gluing inspiring photographs to a canvas. Kayla Huszar […]
A new sledge hockey team in Melville, Saskatchewan was inspired by one young girl’s love of the sport. Ayva Delainey has spina bifida and uses a wheelchair. Her mom Tracy Delainey wanted to bring the sport to their home community. Now children with disabilities and […]
Pastor Terry Murphy is known for more than just his charismatic preaching. He has a passion for motor bikes and goes on long road trips in his leather jacket, vest, and gloves whenever he gets the chance. His hobby has allowed him to share his […]
To most, the whipping and clashing of two steel blades is known only in movies like Pirates of The Caribbean. But for Regina native Philip Pitura, these sounds have become a part of everyday life. What started as living room duels using empty wrapping paper […]
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 […]
Leaving his life behind in southern Manitoba to move to Paraguay was not what Dan Giesbrecht had in mind at age 15, but when his father decided the family was moving, he had to go too. It was 1948. The Second World War was over […]
