University of Regina School of Journalism receives $400,000 donation University of Regina staff want to keep the journalism program up-to-date. They will use at $400,000 donation from Leader Post Foundation Inc to meet this goal.
Author of the article: Gillian Francis
Publishing date: Feb 25, 2021 • February 25, 2021 • 1 minute read • From left, The Leader-Post Foundation board members Bill Johnson, Brenda Indzeoski, Janice Dockham, Irene Seiberling, Jeff Epp and Jim Toth, along with the University of Regina Journalism School s Mark Taylor, stand in front of the University s sign on campus in Regina, Saskatchewan on Feb. 19, 2021. Photo by BRANDON HARDER /Regina Leader-Post
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Leader-Post Foundation Inc (LPF) has donated $400,000 to the University of Regina to help update their journalism program and keep the curriculum technologically current.
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Christmas Cheer Fund: COVID didn t prevent donors from coming through Despite challenges presented by COVID-19, the amount of money raised for the Christmas Cheer Fund increased by $6,609.34 over one year ago.
Author of the article: Rob Vanstone
Publishing date: Jan 22, 2021 • January 22, 2021 • 3 minute read • Representatives of three of Regina s women s shelters meet with Regina Leader-Post sports editor Rob Vanstone (bottom right) and L-P local marketing co-ordinator Brenda Indzeoski (inset in Vanstone picture) to celebrate the success of the 2020 Regina Leader-Post Christmas Cheer Fund. The fund raised $123,137 in 2020. Also shown are Stephanie Taylor, executive director, Regina Transition House (top left), Tmira Marchment, executive director, SOFIA House (top right) and Chelsey Lemke, senior director of development, Regina YWCA (bottom left). Brenda Indzeoski/Regina Leader-Post. Photo by Screen shot by Brenda Indzeoski /Regina Leader-Post
But being kind amid the pandemic really has prevailed, despite the cynics among us who scoffed at the good doctor’s seemingly naive, aw-shucks appeal to be good in these bad times. Consider the caller from Lac Le Jeune who picked up a copy of Kamloops This Week in early December and read a letter to the editor from a feisty senior named Grace Guevin. It seems some miscreant stole the 88-year-old’s charger for her scooter, thereby also absconding with her mode of transport. Gavin’s missive was a lament for the paucity of punishment these days. As she wrote in her letter: “I was raised by two wonderful parents, who always warned if you steal, you pay, at the woodshed.”