World-Spectator
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The World-Spectator is a weekly newspaper
in the Canadian
province of Saskatchewan
, serving the communities of Moosomin
, Rocanville
, Wapella
, Wawota Langbank, Kelso, Welwyn
, Spy Hill
, Tantallon
, Fleming
, Fairlight
and Maryfield
. It also serves the Manitoba communities of St. Lazare
, McAuley, Manson
, Elkhorn
, and Kola.
The newspaper's history dates back to 1884, when the first issue was published. The newspaper went daily for a short time during the Riel Rebellion in Western Canada in 1885.
The World-Spectator has won more awards than any other Saskatchewan newspaper and has become well known for promoting human rights
issues (twice winning the B'Nai Brith League For Human Rights National Media Award and doing an award-winning investigation into the history of the Ku Klux Klan in Saskatchewan, which is still one of the most accessed pages on the newspaper's website) and international development
. Its editor, Kevin Weedmark
, has reported on international development issues from Afghanistan
, Vietnam
and the Philippines
. Reporter Amanda Stephenson won the Canadian International Development Agency's Award for Excellence in Writing on International Co-operation for 2006, and travelled to Mozambique to report on development projects in that country.
In 2010, investigative reporting by the World-Spectator on the Sun Country Health Region led to the resignation of Sun Country vice-president of finance Hal Schmidt after the World-Spectator reported that Schmidt had been fired from a previous job as CEO of IWK Health Centre in Halifax, Nova Scotia for falsely claiming to have earned his Chartered Accountant Designation, and that Schmidt had borrowed $75,000 in public funds from St. Mary's Health Centre in New Westminster, B.C. and failed to repay the loan. Based on Weedmark's reporting, the provincial health ministry investigated hiring practices in the Sun Country Health Region, and CEO Cal Tant was fired by the board the day it received the report.
The newspaper has a long history of community service. The newspaper won Community Service Awards from the Saskatchewan Weekly Newspapers Association and the Canadian Community Newspapers Association in 2006, and in 2007 was given the Community Recognition Award by the Moosomin Chamber of Commerce.
Newspaper
A newspaper is a scheduled publication containing news of current events, informative articles, diverse features and advertising. It usually is printed on relatively inexpensive, low-grade paper such as newsprint. By 2007, there were 6580 daily newspapers in the world selling 395 million copies a...
in the Canadian
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
province of Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan is a prairie province in Canada, which has an area of . Saskatchewan is bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North Dakota....
, serving the communities of Moosomin
Moosomin, Saskatchewan
-Climate:-Moosomin in popular culture:* The Guess Who has a song called "Runnin' Back to Saskatoon"; it also mentions Moose Jaw and Moosomin.-Notable people from Moosomin:...
, Rocanville
Rocanville, Saskatchewan
-External links:* website* Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan...
, Wapella
Wapella, Saskatchewan
Wapella is a village of 354 located Northwest of Moosomin on the Trans-Canada Highway.-Demographics:-Notable natives:Cyril Edel Leonoff is the grandson of Edel Brotman, a homesteader and rabbi of the Wapella, Saskatchewan, farm colony, 1889-1906....
, Wawota Langbank, Kelso, Welwyn
Welwyn, Saskatchewan
Welwyn is a community in southeastern Saskatchewan, near the Manitoba border....
, Spy Hill
Spy Hill, Saskatchewan
Spy Hill is a community in Saskatchewan at the intersection of Highway 8 and Highway 600. The community's school closed due to a lack of students, who are now bused to Esterhazy.In 2006, the population was 201, down 5.6% from 2001....
, Tantallon
Tantallon, Saskatchewan
Tantallon is a community in Saskatchewan. It is located in the Qu'Appelle Valley about 32 km east of Round Lake . The community celebrated its centennial in 2004...
, Fleming
Fleming, Saskatchewan
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, Fairlight
Fairlight, Saskatchewan
- See also :* List of communities in Saskatchewan* Villages of Saskatchewan-External links:*******-Footnotes:...
and Maryfield
Maryfield, Saskatchewan
- See also :* List of communities in Saskatchewan* Villages of Saskatchewan-External links:*******-Footnotes:...
. It also serves the Manitoba communities of St. Lazare
St. Lazare, Manitoba
St. Lazare is a small English and French-speaking village in western Manitoba, Canada. It is surrounded by the Rural Municipality of Ellice. The village showed a population of 265 inhabitants in both the 2006 census and the 2001 census.-Radio:...
, McAuley, Manson
Manson, Manitoba
Manson is an unincorporated hamlet in Manitoba, Canada.It is located thirteen kilometers north of the Trans-Canada Highway along PTH 41 in the Rural Municipality of Archie....
, Elkhorn
Elkhorn, Manitoba
Elkhorn is a village in southwestern Manitoba, Canada.Incorporated on January 2, 1906, it is located approximately 105 kilometers west of Brandon. It is surrounded by the Rural Municipality of Wallace.-History:...
, and Kola.
The newspaper's history dates back to 1884, when the first issue was published. The newspaper went daily for a short time during the Riel Rebellion in Western Canada in 1885.
The World-Spectator has won more awards than any other Saskatchewan newspaper and has become well known for promoting human rights
Human rights
Human rights are "commonly understood as inalienable fundamental rights to which a person is inherently entitled simply because she or he is a human being." Human rights are thus conceived as universal and egalitarian . These rights may exist as natural rights or as legal rights, in both national...
issues (twice winning the B'Nai Brith League For Human Rights National Media Award and doing an award-winning investigation into the history of the Ku Klux Klan in Saskatchewan, which is still one of the most accessed pages on the newspaper's website) and international development
International development
International development or global development is a concept that lacks a universally accepted definition, but it is most used in a holistic and multi-disciplinary context of human development — the development of greater quality of life for humans...
. Its editor, Kevin Weedmark
Kevin Weedmark
Kevin Weedmark is a Canadian-born journalist. He is editor of the World-Spectator, a community newspaper based in Moosomin, Saskatchewan, and of Plain and Valley, a regional publication covering southeast Saskatchewan and southwest Manitoba. While based in rural Saskatchewan, he has reported from...
, has reported on international development issues from Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Afghanistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located in the centre of Asia, forming South Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East. With a population of about 29 million, it has an area of , making it the 42nd most populous and 41st largest nation in the world...
, Vietnam
Vietnam
Vietnam – sometimes spelled Viet Nam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam – is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea –...
and the Philippines
Philippines
The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...
. Reporter Amanda Stephenson won the Canadian International Development Agency's Award for Excellence in Writing on International Co-operation for 2006, and travelled to Mozambique to report on development projects in that country.
In 2010, investigative reporting by the World-Spectator on the Sun Country Health Region led to the resignation of Sun Country vice-president of finance Hal Schmidt after the World-Spectator reported that Schmidt had been fired from a previous job as CEO of IWK Health Centre in Halifax, Nova Scotia for falsely claiming to have earned his Chartered Accountant Designation, and that Schmidt had borrowed $75,000 in public funds from St. Mary's Health Centre in New Westminster, B.C. and failed to repay the loan. Based on Weedmark's reporting, the provincial health ministry investigated hiring practices in the Sun Country Health Region, and CEO Cal Tant was fired by the board the day it received the report.
The newspaper has a long history of community service. The newspaper won Community Service Awards from the Saskatchewan Weekly Newspapers Association and the Canadian Community Newspapers Association in 2006, and in 2007 was given the Community Recognition Award by the Moosomin Chamber of Commerce.