The Sask Dispatch is a Saskatchewan-focused publication produced by Briarpatch, launched in October 2018. Printed every two months and posted online, the Sask Dispatch covers under-reported issues in the province, centring issues that are important to poor folks and the working class, Indigenous communities, and other marginalized groups. If you have a story Saskatchewan needs to hear, get in touch at [email protected].
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Decolonizing Relations on Treaty 4 territory
Indigenous people, immigrants, and settlers in Regina’s Decolonizing Relations group discuss land, labour, and solidarity.
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A letter from the organizer of the Sask. prisoners’ hunger strike
The COVID-19 outbreak inside Saskatchewan’s provincial prisons, where three-quarters of inmates are Indigenous, is the newest development in Canada’s 154-year-long campaign of Indigenous genocide.
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Sask DispatchCrowns do it better
The privatization, perils, and promise of Saskatchewan’s Crown corporations.
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Sask DispatchA fair day in – and out of – court
In Saskatchewan, what resources exist to help defendants navigate – and avoid getting trapped in – our complex and high-stakes court system?
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Sask DispatchRegina Municipal Election 2020: Defund the police
In preparation for Regina’s 2020 municipal election, the Sask Dispatch asked progressive community members, activists, and experts to pick one pressing issue facing the city, and write about how to address it. Michelle Stewart and Richelle Dubois, two long-time community activists, share their thoughts on defunding the police and making the city safer for Indigenous people, poor people, queer people, newcomers and other racialized and marginalized folks.
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Sask DispatchRegina Municipal Election 2020: Sustainable transit
In 2018, Regina city council committed to a 100 per cent renewable city by 2050. Free transit, electric buses, and bike lanes will be a huge component of a renewable city – so why is council so hesitant to implement them?
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Sask DispatchRegina Municipal Election 2020: Ending homelessness
Without any city, provincial, or federal funding, Fougere’s plan to end homelessness has been an utter failure. What concrete steps can the city take to end homelessness?
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Sask DispatchRegina Municipal Election 2020: Public transit
People who live in Regina know it’s nearly impossible to get around town using only public transit. It’s a huge barrier to access for disabled people, youth, seniors, newcomers, and low-income earners. What should we consider when beefing up public transit?
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Sask DispatchRegina Municipal Election 2020: Environment & Sustainability
The city walked back its 2018 motion to use 100 per cent renewable energy by 2050; but environmental sustainability has never been a more pressing local issue. Here’s how local activists are envisioning a truly renewable Regina.
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Sask DispatchRegina Municipal Election 2020: Wascana Park
For the past few years, the construction of the new Conexus and Brandt/CNIB buildings have been fiercely opposed by Regina residents who want no business in the park. How much power does the city have over the future of Wascana Centre?
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Sask DispatchWhy you should (and shouldn’t) be invested in Regina’s municipal election
From police brutality to accessibility to climate change – change starts at the local level. That’s why the Sask Dispatch put together a package of articles weighing in on the municipal election. So what’s at stake on November 9?
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The space to tell stories
Since the Sask Party cut a key film tax credit in 2012, a lot of ink has been spilled about the film industry’s decline. But after the tax credit was cut, there’s been a groundswell of cinema by Indigenous women in Saskatchewan. How did this happen, and what can we learn about building a strong and just film industry?
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Sask DispatchHelp Sask Dispatch create more and better independent journalism
Sask Dispatch wants to launch a weekly email newsletter and a full on website. In order to do that, we need 100 Founding Members.
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Sask Dispatch“My quality of life has been compromised”: U of S study finds STC closure has had a devastating impact on Saskatchewan people
A new study from the University of Saskatchewan has found that the 2017 closure of STC has had wide-ranging impacts on everything from social connections to the functioning of the healthcare system itself.
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A community response to COVID-19
As lockdown eases, a group providing assistance to Elders and seniors during COVID-19 is rethinking what community support looks like during the long arc of the pandemic.
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Sask DispatchRoundtable on reopening Saskatchewan schools
The controversial reopening plan for Saskatchewan public schools has seen educators, students, and parents hit the streets in protests. Four of them shared their concerns about the Sask Party’s plans with Sask Dispatch.
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“We have buried too many”: A Q&A with Tristen Durocher
Durocher, a 24-year-old Métis fiddler, has walked from Air Ronge to begin a hunger strike on the lawn of the Saskatchewan Legislature, demanding resources for suicide prevention.
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Sask Dispatch“A symbolic step”: group calls on city of Regina to rename Dewdney Avenue
As Indian Commissioner and lieutenant governor of Saskatchewan, Edgar Dewdney left a legacy of colonial violence and trauma on the Prairies. Now some have joined together in a campaign to remove his name from one of Regina’s busiest streets.
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The great Saskatchewan tuition crisis
Tuition rates have grown by leaps and bounds – and so has student debt. How do we reverse the trend?
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Sask DispatchWhen collecting CERB means losing disability benefits
In Saskatchewan, disabled people on income assistance live off barely half of what the feds’ COVID-19 benefit promises, an amount below the provincial poverty line.
