Author Archives: Lisa Schick

Less than 10 years ago, Danita Wahpoosewyan was an addict, finding drugs where she could to ease her trauma and pain. But these days, she has kicked the habit and, in the midst of an overdose death cr...

As many Saskatchewan communities watch their COVID-19 case numbers drop, the Hatchet Lake Dene Nation — including Wollaston Lake — is dealing with a fast-moving outbreak. The outbreak was ...

When she was a kid, Emily Bryce would dress up with her friends for the midnight release of the latest Harry Potter book, or she'd come home excited to be learning about imaginary numbers in math clas...

After a Muslim man in Saskatoon was attacked Friday morning because of his faith, some in the Muslim community are scared. Muhammad Kashif said the people made comments about his clothes and his relig...

As the COVID-19 public health orders are stripped away in Saskatchewan, more and more people who'd been cloistered to work in their homes are readying themselves to go back to the office. "I think I'l...

After more than a year away from performing in front of people because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Jeffery Straker said he had a physical reaction in his first shows back on stage this month. "I literal...

The revelations from a residential school in Kamloops, B.C., last week have the harm caused by residential schools fresh in many people's minds now, and some are taking the opportunity to call for an ...

The number of people getting their first COVID-19 shot is slowing in Saskatchewan. Over the past nine days, second COVID doses have outpaced first doses each day, often by many thousands. And where fi...

Just off Highway 15 on the Muskowekwan First Nation, hidden from the road by trees, stands a relic of pain and hurt for many in the community. It's the last fully intact residential school building in...

Over the past year, the Finns have gone through a lot - their four-year-old son diagnosed with a debilitating and potentially fatal disease, the race to get him treated, and now the Saskatchewan gover...