WARNING: This story contains distressing details. A year has passed since Cowessess First Nation Chief Cadmus Delorme announced to Canada that what are believed to be 751 unmarked graves had been found at the site of the former Marieval Indian Residential School, about 140 kilometres east of Regina. Media outlets from across the globe covered the story, featuring the First Nation in documentaries about the […]
Samwel Uko’s family continues search for justice from the system that failed their son
By Omayra Issa, Alexander Quon Taken. That’s how the parents of Samwel Uko describe the loss of their 20-year-old son. Joice Guya Issa Bankando and Taban Uko have not spoken publicly about their son’s death since his body was found in Regina’s Wascana Lake two years ago — a death they believe is the result […]
Regina mother, poverty experts say Saskatchewan’s social safety net is falling behind
Miranda Hanus can barely afford the Regina basement apartment she lives in. The pandemic has only made matters worse. “The last year and a half has been really rough and uncertain. It’s been very hard to make plans for the future,” Hanus said. She said the Saskatchewan Income Support (SIS) cheque she gets every month […]
Sask. doctor who died of COVID-19 remembered by loved ones as ‘a man who made a difference’
Dr. Youssef Al-Begamy is being remembered for making everyone he met feel like his best friend. “That’s the impression that he leaves on anybody … that’s his character,” close friend and colleague Fauzi Ramadan told CBC News at a prayer service Monday night. Al-Begamy, a 48-year-old Saskatchewan family and emergency room physician, died of COVID-19 […]
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 […]