Parents of an 11-year-old boy are leading the push for stricter laws and accountability after their son was killed in a carbon monoxide leak at their downtown Regina apartment. Smoke detectors seem like a no-brainer. Why aren’t carbon monoxide detectors treated the same way?

Bell's $1B AI data centre has been approved, but questions remain about the process.

Our political panel of Murray Mandryk and Alexander Quon dive into the politics of the project.

How young is too young for social media? Canadian politicians may follow Australia’s lead in banning under-16s from AI chatbots and social media. Premier Scott Moe plans to mail every Saskatchewan family a survey, to gauge parents’ thoughts. Who should hold technology giants accountable for the content they host? In this episode, we ask Saskatchewan teens, technology analysts and mental health experts where a ban may – and may not – make sense.

The federal government has cut its gas tax for the next few months. The Saskatchewan NDP have been calling on the provincial government to do the same. Our political analysts, Alexander Quon and Murray Mandryk, break down why the province hasn’t and look at other issues this week.

After running hundreds of thousands of dollars into debt, Prairie Harm Reduction is closing its doors for good. Its board says it found no signs of fraud. The cost of helping hundreds of people and families in Saskatoon simply grew too high and too quickly.

This marks the end for Saskatchewan’s first supervised drug consumption site, along with housing services for teens and families, education services, and a drop-in centre. We look at what led to the longtime Saskatoon charity’s closure, and what losing it means for the city and the people who relied on Prairie Harm Reduction to stay alive.

Wildfire nearly swallowed the entire community of Wadin Bay in the summer of 2025. Officials told everyone to leave the area immediately, but a few residents stayed back saying the only way to protect their properties was to fight the fires themselves. Not only did they risk their lives, but community members also spent $39,000 on equipment. Should the province reimburse them? CBC producer Janani Whitfield traveled to Wadin Bay to understand the difficult decisions people make as fire threatens their homes.

Same name, different party. There is a growing divide between the federal and Saskatchewan NDP. Saskatchewan Opposition NDP Leader Carla Beck wrote an open letter to new federal leader Avi Lewis. In it, she warns his stance against new fossil fuel projects could hurt Saskatchewan’s economy. Our political analysts, Alexander Quon and Murray Mandryk, break down the latest.

A CBC investigation revealed two people died after giving plasma at private Winnipeg collection centres. Days later, Health Canada said a centre in Regina broke some of the donation rules. The company under fire is Grifols Plasma Donation Centre. The deaths are raising questions about the safety and ethics of paying people to donate plasma. Health Canada is reviewing the matter and says it has not made a link between plasma collection and the deaths. Grifols says it has "no reason to believe" they are connected. Today, we’re sharing a special episode of This is Manitoba, whose team of journalists dug into the fallout of this news.

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