Author Archives: Lisa Schick

As the drug overdose crisis has gotten worse in Saskatchewan, the voices calling for help have gotten louder. Many in the industry believe, as a health issue, the responsibility lies with the provinci...

A needle, a vial of naloxone and someone who knows how to use them -- for drug users who take too much, these may be the only things that stand between them and joining the list of those who've died b...

Early on in the COVID-19 pandemic, Premier Scott Moe said he looked forward to the day he could shake Chief Medical Health Officer Dr. Saqib Shahab's hand, and on Wednesday he did just that - with the...

Less than 10 years ago, Danita Wahpoosewyan was an addict, finding drugs where she could to ease her trauma and pain. But these days, she has kicked the habit and, in the midst of an overdose death cr...

Clouds may have crowded in for the afternoon, but the feeling at the Cowessess First Nation on Tuesday was one of celebration and achievement. With Cowessess Chief Cadmus Delorme, Premier Scott Moe al...

As many Saskatchewan communities watch their COVID-19 case numbers drop, the Hatchet Lake Dene Nation -- including Wollaston Lake -- is dealing with a fast-moving outbreak. The outbreak was declared J...

When she was a kid, Emily Bryce would dress up with her friends for the midnight release of the latest Harry Potter book, or she'd come home excited to be learning about imaginary numbers in math clas...

After a Muslim man in Saskatoon was attacked Friday morning because of his faith, some in the Muslim community are scared. Muhammad Kashif said the people made comments about his clothes and his relig...

More than a week after the provincial government declared Saskatchewan was close enough to start the countdown on the end of the mask mandate and large gathering ban, the province still hasn't got a f...

As the COVID-19 public health orders are stripped away in Saskatchewan, more and more people who'd been cloistered to work in their homes are readying themselves to go back to the office. "I think I'l...