Written by Tim Irvine In 2017, Tim Irvine’s life was as peaceful as could be expected, with three small children to keep him and his wife busy. Their kids, aged three, five, and seven, were all healthy. Tim had recently decided to leave his teaching and farming career behind, and the whole family had excitedly […]

Regina is a beautiful prairie city, full of nature walks, fun things to do, and friendly people. But just like in any other city, sometimes families need a helping hand, and the North Central Family Centre (NCFC) is always ready with an open door when it’s needed. Over the last ten years, Joyclyne and her […]

For Kimberly, nothing is more important than the next generation – which is why she is so dedicated to supporting a healthy and creative future for her grandchildren. Even the hour-long commute, each way, between her home at Muskeg Lake Cree Nation in Marcelin, SK and Prince Albert isn’t enough to stop her enthusiasm. For […]

Visitors to the North Central Family Centre (NCFC) in Regina walk up to a blue building, where kids laugh and play on the playground out front. In the shade of a large tree, others eat their snacks, tell stories and make lifelong memories together. Inside the doors, older kids and their parents mill about, chatting […]

When visitors stop by the home of 7-year-old Mary and her family in Port Coquitlam, BC, they quickly notice there’s a new member of the family there: a fuzzy ball of fur and joy, which turns out to be a playful Yorkie named Lucy. Not even a year old, Lucy arrived at the home in […]

The vast expanse of the prairie provinces is generally a peaceful place, with hundreds of small communities separated by miles of open road and rolling fields. While many people in these towns and the surrounding farms enjoy the quiet rural setting, that same isolation can be rather daunting when medical emergencies happen. In a previous […]

Life in Saskatchewan is often a choice: the space and skies of a home in the heartland, or the fast access to the amenities and services of the cities. It’s rare to have both in the same backyard, and for families who live far from urban areas – like the Hendry family, outside of Nokomis […]

Early fall on a Saskatchewan farm is a lot of work, since getting the grain off the field and into the bins before the weather turns is of utmost importance. So, for two young siblings with plenty of energy, finding a safe place to play while their dad unloaded grain was not only natural, it […]

As we go through our daily lives, it’s easy to get caught up in and stressed about the little things. When we’re having a bad day, we tend to overlook all the good things that we take for granted – but many children in Saskatchewan do not have that luxury. Whether they suffer from chronic […]

The current building opened in 1969, and from there it has provided multiple kinds of support for the city – a history echoed by its current manager of marketing and communications, Serena Dallas. “The whole time, there’s always been some kind of financial assistance offered to the community,” she says. “It used to be the […]