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- Written by Eric Bell
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by Eric Bell
While the freezing cold temperatures over the past few weeks have kept people indoors across the province, others across the province haven’t been so lucky.
A booming oil industry and record amounts of construction means many Saskatchewan workers are enduring record-breaking temperatures across the province.
Read more: Outdoor workers face challenges in extreme temperatures
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by Lauren Golosky
Familiar with the inside of the classroom, Ruth Robillard never imagined herself on the inside of a prison.
But that’s exactly where the former teacher, who has retired three times since beginning her career in 1960, found herself.
Robillard is also the executive director of Friends on the Outside (FOTO), a faith-based organization that supports inmates, past and present.
Read more: A friend - and teacher - to the incarcerated
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- Written by Julia Dima
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by Julia Dima
Dementia can be devastating for the person experiencing it, but it’s also just as difficult for family.
Melissa Blacksioux watched dementia take over her grandmother’s life. It took over her life too. Blacksioux was in her last year of university in Indian Social Work at the University of Saskatchewan when the diagnosis came, and she said she was considering dropping out of school to be closer to her grandmother.
“I was in denial for a long time, because she was like my mom. I grew up with her, she taught me everything I know. The whole family lived in denial. I remember our auntie giving us pamphlets to read about Alzheimer’s, but it wasn’t until two months before she passed that I started researching Alzheimer’s. When I started learning about it, I was in shock and it felt like I already lost her,” Blacksioux says.
Read more: Dementia in the family
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- Written by Arielle Zerr
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By Arielle Zerr
Despite a recent ban on body contact in peewee hockey, the Saskatchewan Hockey Association has ramped up training sessions for coaches of all levels to teach players how to bodycheck.
Hockey Canada’s board of directors voted to eliminate bodychecking in peewee at its annual general meeting last May. The Saskatchewan Hockey Association (SHA) was the only holdout.
Read more: Coaching toward a safer game
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By Braden Dupuis
Even though there are still five months before the gates open for the 10th annual Gateway Festival in Bengough, Saskatchewan, organizers are hard at work.
The music festival’s lineup must be finalized and made public by the end of March.
“It’s been a very organic evolution from what started as just sort of a one-night concert that they put together in Bengough,” said Mike Dawson, artistic director for the festival.
“We go through this difficult process of having to choose.”
Read more: Music festivals thrive in Saskatchewan
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