Megan Mandes stomps her feet, waves her arms and shakes her head to the left. Her heart is pounding. She mimics the steps of her aunt and mentor Dr. Lillian Gadwa, world champion Jingle dancer, but she’s not at a powwow. She’s not even on her home reserve of Muskeg Lake First Nation, Sask. It’s […]
Traphouse hero: Man uses clean needles as weapon in war against HIV
A figure wearing shorts, Crocs and a military backpack strides confidently through the glow of neon lights. A pug trots at his heels. Terry Grady — ex-military member, recovering addict and former monastery resident — is headed into a high-crime, high-poverty neighbourhood on Saskatoon’s west side. Grady is following his regular route past working […]
Black history in Saskatchewan: Mayes family’s story teaches fortitude
The water dripped constantly. That’s part of what Murray Mayes remembers of his time living in a leaky sod house in the province’s first black settlement of Eldon. “It would drip, drip, and mom would take a wash pan and put it under that drip,” he recalled in a recent interview, sitting in his daughter’s kitchen. […]
How Idle No More helped mobilize thousands for Justice for Colten movement
The rallies and vigils that saw thousands pour into the streets across the country after a jury found Gerald Stanley not guilty of killing Colten Boushie were not by accident. They were rooted in an infrastructure built by the Idle No More movement. Started in 2012 and led by Indigenous women and two-spirit people, it surged back into […]
Woman says she was raped in university dorm and frequently sees her alleged attacker on campus
Jessica sees him almost every day in the library, the dining hall, and the hallways of the dorm. She says she shouldn’t have to face those constant reminders of the man she says raped her. Jessica says she lives with constant angst since she was allegedly drugged and sexually assaulted on Sept. 29. “I was sexually assaulted […]
Former Pine Grove, Sask. inmates allege lack of care dealing with drug withdrawal behind bars
Two former inmates at the Pine Grove Correctional Centre are urging the Saskatchewan government to improve medical care available for inmates dealing with drug withdrawals in its correctional centres. On Friday, Chantel Huel and Tanya Sayer alleged they were not treated for withdrawal symptoms when they were still behind bars. Both Huel and Sayer are no longer struggling with addictions and […]