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“He tried to run over me with his car. It was just not a relationship I wanted to be in, and still I didn’t want to let it go because he was the father of my children.”
It was 1972, and 19 year old Doreen Topp married. She never imagined only months later, she would be abused by her husband.
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By the time Tim Thompson finished his daily duties as a school bus driver, Bunny the Border Collie would be sitting by the tractor ready to help him feed the cattle.
“I got home that day and I thought, ‘where the hell is Bunny’?”
Read more: Saskatchewan wolf hunt unsettled
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Alvin Law says he stopped asking himself “why me?” a long time ago. After living with no arms for 30 years of his life, he started asking himself “why not me?”
Read more: What doesn’t kill you, makes you stronger: Thalidomide survivor
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by Eric Bell
With temporary foreign workers currently employed at over 400 businesses across the province, some organizations are looking at ways to improve safety training for new Canadians in the workplace.
Jim Bence of the Saskatchewan Hospitality Safety Association says that “not a lot” is done when it comes to safety training for new Canadians in the hospitality industry, a sector which frequently hires temporary workers.
Read more: More safety training for temporary foreign workers needed
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by Julia Dima
Dementia is not easy for any family. My heart aches for the pain people have experienced watching this disease take over those they love. My heart also soars at seeing how dementia teaches us about love and cherishing the little moments. In fact, the whole process is therapeutic.
Read more: Opinion: The unlikely gift of dementia
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