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CBC
05-05-2025
- General
- CBC
The history of western separation in Canada
James Baird is the host of the podcast Canadian History Ehx. He joined CBC Saskatchewan's The Morning Edition to discuss the history of western separation in Canada.
Yahoo
01-05-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
2 paramedics struck by car in Las Vegas have returned to Sask. with massive medical bills
Two young Saskatchewan women who went to Las Vegas to celebrate a birthday and their recent graduation as paramedics — and were hit by a car at a crosswalk in the city — are now back in their home province. On top of multiple broken bones and a lot of pain, Katrine Sinclair and Charlie Listowski were left with huge medical bills for the treatment they received at a U.S. hospital. Roberta Sinclair, Katrine's mother, said Katrine's bill after two to three days in the hospital was $144,000 US. "I actually wrote a cheque and my hands were shaking," Roberta said on CBC Saskatchewan's The 306. "I wrote a cheque for $21,621. I've never written such a big cheque in my life." Roberta said she was surprised to receive an invoice for treatment upfront. "We Canadians never see the cost up front for a medical [expense] and in the States they hand you an invoice with itemized items," she said. "My daughter had to have six CT scans for $38,000 to $40,000 [US]." Meanwhile, the air ambulance they used to transfer her daughter ended up costing around $45,000 US. "It's incredible the cost, but this was a situation where [we thought] you know what, we need to do this," said Roberta. "You cannot put a price tag on your child's life." Family, friends and community members have raised close to $90,000 via a GoFundMe campaign started by a family friend of Sinclairs. The GoFundMe said Lastowsky had partial insurance, and Katrine's coverage stopped on her 21st birthday, hours before the collision in Las Vegas. "My health insurance expired on [Katrine]," Roberta previously told CBC. "And being a young girl, she did not purchase extra medical insurance for the trip." Charlie Lastowsky, left, and Katrine Sinclair, right, recently graduated together and work as paramedics with Parkland Ambulance in Prince Albert. (Submitted by Roberta Sinclair) With the women now back in Saskatchewan, Roberta said they are finding more fractures and broken bones as the swelling goes down. Katrine has a broken right humerus, one broken rib on her right side, three pelvis fractures, L3, L4, L5 vertebrae fractures and a tibia plateau fracture. Being a paramedic has helped Katrine accurately assess her pain for doctors. "She's able to analyze herself," Roberta said. "She was saying, 'My knee is really sore. It's more swollen. This isn't right.' I think that's one of the biggest things she says is they're listening to her." Roberta used a line of credit to help pay some of the hospital bill and the air ambulance. She thanked the community, first responders and people who have donated.
CBC
30-04-2025
- Health
- CBC
2 paramedics struck by car in Las Vegas have returned to Sask. with massive medical bills
Social Sharing Two young Saskatchewan women who went to Las Vegas to celebrate a birthday and their recent graduation as paramedics — and were hit by a car at a crosswalk in the city — are now back in their home province. On top of multiple broken bones and a lot of pain, Katrine Sinclair and Charlie Listowski were left with huge medical bills for the treatment they received at a U.S. hospital. Roberta Sinclair, Katrine's mother, said Katrine's bill after two to three days in the hospital was $144,000 US. "I actually wrote a cheque and my hands were shaking," Roberta said on CBC Saskatchewan's The 306. "I wrote a cheque for $21,621. I've never written such a big cheque in my life." Roberta said she was surprised to receive an invoice for treatment upfront. "We Canadians never see the cost up front for a medical [expense] and in the States they hand you an invoice with itemized items," she said. "My daughter had to have six CT scans for $38,000 to $40,000 [US]." Meanwhile, the air ambulance they used to transfer her daughter ended up costing around $45,000 US. "It's incredible the cost, but this was a situation where [we thought] you know what, we need to do this," said Roberta. "You cannot put a price tag on your child's life." Family, friends and community members have raised close to $90,000 via a GoFundMe campaign started by a family friend of Sinclairs. With the women now back in Saskatchewan, Roberta said they are finding more fractures and broken bones as the swelling goes down. Katrine has a broken right humerus, one broken rib on her right side, three pelvis fractures, L3, L4, L5 vertebrae fractures and a tibia plateau fracture. Being a paramedic has helped Katrine accurately assess her pain for doctors. "She's able to analyze herself," Roberta said. "She was saying, 'My knee is really sore. It's more swollen. This isn't right.' I think that's one of the biggest things she says is they're listening to her." Roberta used a line of credit to help pay some of the hospital bill and the air ambulance. She thanked the community, first responders and people who have donated.
CBC
01-04-2025
- Entertainment
- CBC
You have a story. We want to help you tell it. Join us in May for a free writing workshop
Social Sharing No matter where you live or what you do in life, you have a story. We want to hear it. CBC Saskatchewan is inviting people interested in telling personal stories about life-changing moments to join us at creative writing workshops. Over the course of May, we will offer four free in-person sessions on Tuesday evenings at Regina's CBC Broadcast Centre. We'll help identify the core of your story, work it out and tell it in writing. This is not about writing a memoir. We want to hone in on one life-shifting thread in your story — an experience that gave you a new perspective, a kindness you can't forget or a challenge you pushed through. Pick a workshop and try to make it to all four free sessions. We'll have small writing challenges to help you build your story week by week and give you personal feedback. We'll talk about where to begin, how to use key anecdotes and when a splash of colour can make your story come alive. Don't worry if your English isn't perfect. We're there to support you. By the end, you should have a rough draft you're proud of and, if you like, you can pitch it to CBC Saskatchewan as a freelance contributor to our First Person series. We're hoping you might! Interested? Fill out the form below. If you have any questions or would like to register, email community engagement producer Janani Whitfield at
CBC
25-03-2025
- Politics
- CBC
Sask. farmers say they're fed up with America, but also the Liberal government
Social Sharing As punishing Chinese and American tariffs threaten Canada's exports, Sask. farmers expressed anger and frustration over what they called U.S. President Donald Trump's "stupidity." But for all the vitriol they have toward the U.S. leader, they also showed disdain for former prime minister Justin Trudeau and his successor, Mark Carney. "Everything is for the east," said Carl Jensen, who farms in Invermay, Sask., about 250 kilometres east of Saskatoon, during Canada's Farm Show last week. CBC Saskatchewan spent a morning at the Farm Show in Regina as part of its national efforts to find out what matters to Canadians in this federal election campaign. What issue matters the most to you this federal election, and why? Share your personal stories with us at ask@ Jensen, along with other agricultural producers at the event, expressed bewilderment at the narrowing of polls that once showed a rock-solid Conservative majority. "If the Liberals get in, I think, what's gonna happen here? Western Canada is going to separate." Like many others at this farm show, the Jensens identify as Conservative Party supporters. Conservative MPs took all 14 Saskatchewan seats in the previous federal election. "We've had so many years of Liberals and their policies that do not support Western Canada at all," said Carl's wife, Elsie Jensen. She voiced a commonly-expressed view at the show that Saskatchewan boasts natural resources and should have thriving energy and farm sectors, but haven't seen the benefit of those resources. "We're carrying the country and they're punishing us." Tariffs causing stress Tariffs were top of mind for many of the farmers at the show. China recently introduced 100 per cent tariffs on Canadian canola oil and canola meal. That move is seen as a tit-for-tat measure in response to Canada's 100 per cent tariffs on Chinese-made electric vehicles. Meanwhile, America is poised to implement 25 per cent tariffs on all products — including canola — next month. The Jensens also shared another commonly-expressed view at this Farm Show, that Canadian-imposed tariffs on China's EVs were meant to support an auto industry in the east at the cost of farmers in the west. "The circumstances now are just going from bad to worse with Trump's policies, with China's response to Trudeau's stupidity," Elsie said. "You have to play ball with the Chinese. We get everything from China," her husband added. As angering as tariffs are, the couple and others at the farm show also expressed continued ire over the carbon tax, with the Jensens describing it as driving up the cost of everything, with the rebate not covering the tax's true costs. While Carney had signed a prime ministerial directive to kill the unpopular fuel tax as of April 1, many at the farm show expressed deep skepticism that he would truly "axe the tax," as Conservative Party leader Pierre Pollievre has been calling for. "Would you trust the Liberals? It's just the ploy because the election has been announced. It's just a ploy to get more votes," Carl said. Former Sask. premier Brad Wall has also spoken about Carney's apparent killing of the carbon tax, saying the prime minister will "not get rid of the carbon tax, but he will hide it," by creating a shadow carbon price on Canadian business. Wall shared a Facebook post that noted reliable polls are now showing that Canadians may deny the Conservatives a majority in the upcoming federal election. "How could Canadians even flirt with such a possibility?" he asked in the post. Yvan Delorme, who runs a business spraying crops, said farmers are the lifeblood of the province, providing work for people like him who depend on the agricultural industry. "[The federal government] treats us like third-rate citizens and we're not. We should actually be the top of the food chain," he said, calling it an "understatement" to say people in Western Canada would be angry if another Liberal party government was elected. "Voting for getting another Liberal government is like crapping your pants and changing your shirt," he said with a wry laugh. WATCH | Sask. voters react to Prime Minister Mark Carney cancelling consumer carbon tax: Sask. residents express skepticism after consumer carbon tax axed 13 minutes ago Duration 1:40 Western alienation not new In a province where F--k Trudeau signs are a common sight, animosity toward the Liberals has been around for decades, said Daniel Westlake, an assistant professor of political science at the University of Saskatchewan. But he doesn't believe another Liberal win would bring the bubbling Western separatism to a boil. "Part of this is because the animosity toward the Liberals is not new, and in the past, it has never led to a serious threat of separatism," he said. While rural voters in Saskatchewan may not feel like the government represents their interests, westerners still tend to see themselves as Canadians first, he said. "I just don't think there is the sense of distinct identity as divorced from Canada that is necessary to fuel a serious separatist movement," he said, noting that even rural Western Canadians express themselves in protest by using the Canadian flag. "That suggests to me that the people expressing these views may not like the direction the current government is taking Canada, but that they still see themselves as Canadian." For now, with the federal election results still up in the air, rural voters at Canada's Farm Show said they're trying to cope with the stress of the unknown and hoping that the next government will be able to deal with Trump's volatility. The Jensens hope their canola crop could bring in a million dollars or more. Instead, tariffs could see their profits entirely evaporate and force them to look to Farm Credit Canada for help to seed next year's crop. "I think Trump figures he's an illusionist, so he's distracting us by making us think about them while he shafts us some other way," Elsie Jensen said, adding she's unsure what Canada's next leadership will do for them. "We're just kind of, 'Wait and see. Are you going to do anything to help us out?' Because farming is what we do in Saskatchewan. "It's just a very, very stressful occupation to be in right now."
