This is Saskatchewan

Two stories a week to connect you to Saskatchewan because when everyone is talking about it, so are we. Whether it’s about a cult that moved into a tiny village, a neighbourhood squabble over squirrels, or the political fallout of canola tariffs, you’ll leave with a better understanding of this place, and your place in it. On Wednesdays, join host Leisha Grebinski as she scans the province for one news story that matters to you, with help from our team of reporters in Saskatoon, Regina, and Prince Albert. No community is off limits as we cover every corner of Saskatchewan including Île-à-la-Crosse, North Battleford, Gravelbourg, Richmound and more. On Fridays, we get the scoop on provincial politics with host Adam Hunter and panelists Alexander Quon and Murray Mandryk. You’ll hear how every decision made by Premier Scott Moe at the legislature connects to you and your community.

This is Saskatchewan is a news podcast hosted by CBC, with 193 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

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  The small town and the cult that tore it in half

  Aug 19, 202638 min

  An inside look at the rifts that grew inside a southwestern Saskatchewan community in 2023 when a group of online extremists and Q-Anon believers pulled up and refused to leave.  In this Uncover feed drop, Rachel Browne takes us inside Richmound, Sask., where the self-proclaimed “Queen of Canada” spent months hunkered down inside an abandoned school with her cult members.

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  Fighting wildfires head-on after ‘inadequate’ govt response

  Aug 12, 202624 min

  When wildfires swept through northern Saskatchewan in 2025, officials ordered residents to leave. In this episode, meet the people who defied evacuation orders north of La Ronge for more than a week, forking out $39,000 for equipment to confront a wall of flames on their own. CBC producer Janani Whitfield travelled to Wadin Bay to understand the difficult decisions neighbours make when fire threatens their homes. Saskatchewan’s wildfire response last summer was “inadequate” with “significant gaps” , according to an independent audit released June 12, 2026. A week later, Wadin Bay became the first fire-ravaged community to receive a provincial grant of $40,000 to compensate residents.

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  The woman whose evidence put Ken Dauphinais behind bars

  Aug 5, 202643 min

  After Terrie-Ann Dauphinais was killed in 2002 at her home in Calgary, her husband was eventually charged, but never convicted.  Six years later, a woman told Saskatoon police her then-boyfriend Ken Dauphinais had choked and sexually assaulted her. She didn't want charges laid at the time. Then, Ken revealed details to a tattoo artist in a sting operation in 2017. Ken Dauphinais is now serving a four and a half year sentence for the sexual assault. This episode is one of the only times his ex-girlfriend has ever spoken publicly. We look at what it took to convict him, and what this means for the victims of intimate partner violence. Read more about the way police caught him here . Find the entire podcast series here .

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  The long shadow cast by Martensville’s ‘Satanic Panic’

  Jul 29, 202638 min

  Martensville today is one of Canada’s fastest-growing bedroom communities. But back in the early 1990s, rookie police officer Claudia Bryden was drawn into a bizarre case there, as she investigated a complaint about an alleged sexual assault at a home daycare. From there, mass hysteria and a web of suspects grew. On this episode of This Is Saskatchewan, we look back at the era of the “Satanic Panic” , one that still casts a dark shadow over innocent people wrongly accused of horrific crimes – and at why those rumours felt so easy to believe.

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  Did politicians react the ‘right way’ to head-on collision with Roughrider?

  Jul 24, 202613 min

  A high-profile head-on collision involving a Saskatchewan Roughrider led to politicians making public posts and the RCMP highlighting the high number of deaths caused by highway crashes in the province. We’ll ask our political panel about the response to the crash, and new tariffs threats by U.S. President Trump. Political columnist Murray Mandryk and CBC provincial affairs reporter Alexander Quon join guest host Tory Gillis.

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