Regina Leader-Post • June 13, 2025

Sask. Pride group says swastika on Tisdale rainbow crosswalk 'more than just vandalism'

A recent act of vandalism to a Pride crosswalk in Tisdale, Sask. under investigation by police is “targeted hate” toward LGBTQ+ individuals, says Andrew Matheson, president of the Saskatchewan Pride Network.

Regina Leader-Post • April 1, 2025

UPDATED: University of Regina students' union denies involvement in Women's Centre disruption

The University of Regina Students’ Union (URSU) says it “had no role in organizing or conducting” a disruption of the Women’s Centre annual general meeting last month.

Regina Leader-Post • March 15, 2025

University of Regina investigating disruption that shut down Women's Centre AGM

The University of Regina Women’s Centre annual general meeting ended abruptly Friday evening after several students were ejected by security and the room was cleared.

Regina Leader-Post • March 5, 2025

UR Pride says URSU 'withholding' 2024 student fees over non-compliance

UR Pride Centre for Sexual and Gender Diversity says it has not received any student fees for last year from the University of Regina Students’ Union (URSU), putting at risk the centre’s ability to keep its doors open in the future.

Regina Leader-Post • April 4, 2024

Pronoun policy draft would have still called for court action: UR Pride lawyer

Even if the province had allowed teachers discretion in enforcing a pronoun consent policy in classrooms, a constitutional challenge like the one filed this fall would still have been warranted, says legal counsel for the UR Pride Centre for Sexuality and Gender Diversity.

Regina Leader-Post • January 10, 2024

Sask. education minister received 75 letters in immediate wake of pronoun policy

Saskatchewan’s education minister received 75 letters and emails from constituents — two-thirds of which expressed firm opposition — in the days immediately after announcing the provincial government’s controversial policy regulating pronoun use in schools.

Regina Leader-Post • January 5, 2024

Sask. Pride groups say MLAs not responding well to constituents on pronoun law concerns

Prince Albert Pride says local MLAs are not responding appropriately to constituents who have reached out with concerns over Saskatchewan’s divisive pronoun consent legislation.

Regina Leader Post • December 4, 2023

UR Pride lawyers amend legal action on Sask. pronoun policy

UR Pride Centre for Diversity and Sexuality has made changes to its legal action against Saskatchewan to specifically name the new pronoun consent legislation passed last month.

Regina Leader Post • August 31, 2023

Protesters 'pushing back' against Sask. gov't pronoun policy at weekend rallies

The more that supporters speak out against a new pronoun policy affecting children at Saskatchewan schools, “the bigger the message will be,” an advocate said in advance of rallies planned in two separate cities this weekend.

Regina Leader Post • August 27, 2023

Agencies say optional sex-ed policy 'regressive' for Saskatchewan

Advocates are concerned that new provincial policy on opting out of sexual health education and a block of expert agencies in Saskatchewan classrooms will be detrimental to children’s health in the long-term.

Regina Leader Post • August 23, 2023

Changes to Sask. schools' sex ed curriculum 'unnecessary': advocates

Saskatchewan students don’t get to opt out of math or science and they shouldn’t be opted out of sex education by parents and caregivers who feel they “know better” than educators, a local teacher says.

Regina Leader-Post • June 27, 2023

Education minister stands behind Planned Parenthood suspension

Minister of Education Dustin Duncan said that he did not speak directly to Planned Parenthood Regina after an incident at Lumsden High School involving mis-distributed educational materials, before suspending the organization from Saskatchewan schools last week.

Regina Leader-Post • April 13, 2023

Med students campaigning for Sask. to offer free birth control

Five medical students are pressing the Saskatchewan government to follow B.C.’s lead in fully covering the cost of birth control for residents in this province.

Regina Leader Post • February 10, 2023

Peer mentorship program launching for trans teens in Regina

"My hope is that it will jumpstart a new generation of (transgender) activists who are keen and eager to do the work."

Regina Leader-Post • January 25, 2023

Planned Parenthood back in swing at new clinic

It’s been a long journey, but Planned Parenthood Regina is finally back in action in a permanent clinic space in downtown Regina.

Regina Leader-Post • December 29, 2022

National abortion pill shortage pinpoints access issues in Sask.

A temporary shortage of the sole available medication for a medical abortion has once again highlighted concerns about access in Sask.

Regina Leader-Post • November 22, 2022

Planned Parenthood on track and 'excited' for January clinic reopening

It has been a long eight months, but executive director Risa Payant said the finish line is in sight to reopen the doors of a clinic space for Planned Parenthood Regina.

Regina Leader-Post • September 22, 2022

Moose Jaw Pride passes vote to liquidate organization

Members voted unanimously to dissolve, after financial reports showed over $100,000 in liabilities.

Regina Leader-Post • June 30, 2022

Volunteers mobilizing to launch Regina Abortion Support Network

In the still-roiling aftermath of abortion legislation in the U.S., a group of Regina volunteers is taking a serious look at what can be done to help people in Saskatchewan seeking abortions.

Regina Leader-Post • June 29, 2022

Reproductive rights rally marches on Sask. legislature

Organizers hope the rally will solidify the message that choice matters, and catch the attention of lawmakers in the province who can affect change.