Diana Violet Bird reaches for a rosehip as she patiently teaches her nine-year-old daughter how to forage for edible wild plants in the forest. “When the flowers fall off, you get what’s called a rosehip,” she told her. “Rosehip is so good for you — it is medicine.” Bird, who is from Montreal Lake Cree Nation in Saskatchewan, grew up […]
How Indigenous communities are working to boost COVID-19 vaccine rates
Alana Kennedy knows the toll COVID-19 takes. The virus spread through her family a few months ago. Kennedy, her mom, her dad and her niece all got sick. “We were all isolating together at my parents’ place and I was scared. We were all scared,” she said. Her mother is still in the hospital in […]
Sask. man waiting for hip replacement ‘broke down’ as COVID-19 pressures delay surgery
Elective procedures — along with organ transplants and cancer treatments — are now on hold in Saskatchewan due to COVID-19, and those in limbo are suffering because of the delays. The Saskatchewan Health Authority announced earlier this month it was slowing down the aforementioned services to focus its efforts on combating COVID-19. “For at least three […]
Young Indigenous voters in Sask. share their priorities ahead of the federal election
Aly Bear says the voices of young Indigenous voters are crucial in this federal election because they can help make sure the next government prioritizes Indigenous issues that have been continuously overlooked. The 30-year-old lawyer, who is of Dakota and Anishinaabe heritage and originally from Whitecap Dakota First Nation just south of Saskatoon, says she will vote in […]
Drought in Prairies drives up food costs for restaurants already hurt by pandemic
Widespread drought in the Canadian Prairies is driving up commodity prices, leaving restaurants to contend with a higher cost of doing business. “Everything has gone up, especially produce and meat prices,” Thomas Siarkos said. Siarkos, who has owned Memories Dining and Bar in Regina for 32 years, said the prices of the beef and produce he uses […]
Black on the Prairies
Exploring the past, present and future of Black Prairie life through the themes of Migration, Putting in Work, Black and Indigenous Relations, Politics and Resistance, and Black to the Future. Omayra is the co-creator and co-producer of CBC’s Black on the Prairies, a groundbreaking collection of articles, personal essays, audio stories, images and more. Black […]