#Saskatchewan

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[allthecanadianpolitics]

A disease often thought to only affect 18th century sailors is reemerging in Canada.

Earlier this week, doctors identified 27 cases of scurvy caused by prolonged and severe vitamin C deficiency in northern Saskatchewan. Experts say the confirmed diagnoses highlight a broader issue with poverty and food insecurity in rural and remote communities across the country.

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"In Saskatchewan, Canada’s first free grocery store is set to open as a flourishing food bank continues to look for ways to support the community.

Located at 1881 Broad St. in Regina, the Food Hub will be stocked like any old grocery store, and unlike similar projects that operate out of churches or community centers, it will feature a produce section, floor-to-ceiling display fridges, and be open all week.

The Regina Food Bank believes that allowing people who rely on the food bank for food security to fill out a cart just like a normal grocery store gives back agency, and may actually help feed more people by reducing waste.

“None of us fit in a box, but that’s what we give our clients today,” Regina Food Bank vice-president David Froh told CBC News. “When you give choices, you give not just dignity, but actually, we figure we can feed about 25% more people.”

One client explained that getting handed a crate of canned/boxed goods put together in a hurry based on what was in stock rarely provides a selection that accounts for things like dietary restrictions, allergies, proper nutrition, or even just synergistic flavors between the foods.

“Normally I barter with my neighbors and we swap back and forth, so it kind of works out that way. But a lot of people don’t do that,” said food bank client Jon White. “So there’s a lot of stuff that just goes to waste.”

The Regina Food Bank doesn’t just support the unhoused or others in dire need of aid; 18% of its clients work full-time, and 2,000 students receive school snacks and meals through their work. Part of their overall objectives with the Food Hub is to reduce societal stigma against using a food bank.

Food banks do not receive government subsidies, so Froh and his colleagues had to look for private donations to raise the CAD$3.7 million they needed to get the Food Hub off the ground. Some of this came from piggy bank-sized gifts, but they also received a CAD$1 million donation from The Mosaic Company.

Much of the stock is produced, grown, or processed in Saskatchewan—part of Regina Food Bank’s goal to improve the sustainability and nutritional quality of the food their clients rely on."

-via Good News Network, June 4, 2024

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i was inspired by my last rb.

[abandonedography]

Abandoned hot dawg food truck in Saskatchewan (source)

[vintagecamping]

Winter camping at its finest in the MacDowall Forest.

Saskatchewan

1973

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Tatiana Maslany speaks out for Palestine during her Canada's Walk of Fame acceptance speech in her hometown Regina on June 26 2024.

We are witnessing the genocide of the Palestinian people at the hands of the Israeli settler-colonial state, and we watch and we do nothing. And I would say with whatever platform I have that we can't do nothing and I would demand that our government demand a ceasefire, stop funding the genocide, stop being complicit in it... Free Palestine!

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Eamon Mac Mahon (Canadian, b. 1976)

Thunderstorm, Northern Saskatchewan, 2004

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Eating Deer

[newsfromstolenland]

A Saskatoon man says he was the target of vandalism for owning a Cybertruck.

Josh MacGowan walked up to his new Tesla Cybertruck outside his home last Thursday to see deep cuts and scratches along the driver’s side of his vehicle.

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“Tesla owners are just people,” he said. “If you’re trying to yell at them or wreck their vehicle, you’re really not hurting your target.”

MacGowan has been driving Tesla vehicles for three years. He originally ordered his Cybertruck in 2021, but didn’t get it delivered and start driving it until last November.

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"Tesla owners are people too!" complains man who owns the world's douchiest car

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Saskatchewan prairie views.

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Roger Waterhouse

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" Shed in Light " // © Herry Himanshu

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Joni Mitchell, self-portrait (1969).