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A brain tumour at 13 affected her vision. Now, she's a Paralympic javelin thrower

Six years ago, 19-year-old Ashlyn Renneberg was diagnosed with a brain tumour that led to vision loss. At that point, she wondered what sports she might be able to do with her more limited depth perception, but she's since discovered javelin throwing and qualified for her first Paralympics.

Broncos bus crash survivor Jacob Wassermann headed to Paris after meteoric rise in Para rowing

Six years ago, Jacob Wassermann was still recovering from the international headline-making 2018 Humboldt Broncos bus crash, which left the hockey goaltender paralyzed from the waist down. Now, he's about to represent his country as a rower in the 2024 Paralympic Games.

How Facebook's news ban helped a Regina garbage company be voted 'best online news'

With Canadian news media banned from sharing social media content on Facebook and Instagram, a garbage company has stepped in to fill the gap. Just Bins has a big following in Regina and was voted the city's best online news source. But some say there's a dark side to some of the content.

Meet the kokum who's raising 14 grandchildren without batting an eye

As her children have struggled with addictions, this grandmother hasn't hesitated to take in and look after 14 of her grandchildren, driven by her faith. Decades of intergenerational trauma and compounding drug use are seeing her, along with many other Indigenous grandparents, step in to care for their grandkids.

'Our pandemic in Canada': Grandmothers step up to raise children orphaned by premature deaths

As crystal meth and opioids claim lives throughout Canada, some grandparents are stepping up to raise the grandkids left behind.

Hope and heartache: Oilers fan says team's fight has mirrored his own with cancer

Troy Kocur saw hope and promise in the Oilers' season, fueling his hope in his own fight against cancer.

Good dogs! How Bingo and Doug helped this Sask. teen earn the diploma no one thought he would

A dog guide named Bingo and his successor, Doug, helped Stephen Walcer, 18, deal with the frustrations of autism and graduate from high school.

42-year-old mom says painful divorce led to 'beautiful' moment of U of S law school graduation

During her divorce, a lawyer laughed when Saba Ahmad expressed her desire to go to law school. At that time, she decided to prove she could do it. Now, she has convocated from the University of Saskatchewan law school, having travelled back and forth between Edmonton and Saskatoon for her studies.

Musician pens song reflecting parents' escape from Cambodia and his own struggle over identity

While his parents faced physical war as refugees from Cambodia, Savan Muth said he struggled with his own internal conflict once his family arrived in Canada. He wrote a song that addresses the external and internal wars that people face.

11-year-old accordion player and his family keep their Polish roots alive in Sask.

Kamil Smela is one busy 11-year-old, juggling hockey, football and baseball like many other kids in his class. But he figures theres something that he does that no one else in his school can lay claim to the ability to play the accordion.