The firewall was built in 1915 to protect the town after a large fire. In January 1915, a fellow s lamp tipped over and started a fire. And we lost one side of Main Street because they were all wooden buildings, said Prentice. So the townspeople thought if we build a firewall on one side and a fire hall on the other, then we wouldn t lose the whole side of Main Street if there had to be another fire.
The wall was designed by R.J. Lecky, the construction superindendant of the Saskatchewan Legislative Building, and cost the town $4,600 to build, a sizable amount of money in those days.
Article content
On the night of the provincial election, instead of watching the polls Aleana Young was watching her newborn baby, Hara Louise Astarte Roadhouse.
“I’m a bit biased, but I think she’s the most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen in my life. I feel like I spent the first couple days of her life just sitting and staring at her,” Young says.
We apologize, but this video has failed to load.
Try refreshing your browser, or Aleana Young juggles small business, motherhood and serving as an MLA Back to video
This time around, the stress of election night seemed a bit more distant. Young was a bit distracted. Her campaign ads had told voters “this fall, I plan to deliver” and one day before the election, she did.
Article content
Starting in March, the daily work of Leader-Post photographers was dominated by the increasing threat of COVID-19.
The images collected throughout the ongoing pandemic from the emergence of personal protective equipment (PPE) to testing and vaccines capture a city and province in the various stages of coping with a deadly virus in 2020.
We apologize, but this video has failed to load.
Try refreshing your browser, or Photos of the year: COVID-19 in Sask. Back to video Saskatchewan’s Chief Medical Health Officer Dr. Saqib Shahab speaks to media during a news conference regarding Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) at the Saskatchewan Legislative Building in Regina, Saskatchewan on Mar 11, 2020. On frame left is John Ash, SHA Executive Director of Acute Care. On frame right is Saskatchewan Health Minister Jim Reiter.
Stories of the year: Saskatchewan overdose deaths exceed 323 in 2020 This year has been the deadliest ever for overdoses in Saskatchewan, but behind each number is a person.
Author of the article: Alec Salloum
Publishing date: Dec 31, 2020 • December 31, 2020 • 7 minute read • Aleesa Blight sits holding a photo of her family in Wascana Park in Regina on Dec. 12, 2020. Blight lost her spouse Christopher Salateski to an overdose on Nov. 23. Blight and Salateski often visited Wascana Park, near the Legislative Building. Photo by BRANDON HARDER /Regina Leader-Post
Article content
It started with a car crash almost a decade ago and it ended on Nov. 23, 2020.