Hannah Spray

Reporter/Editor

Hannah Spray is a reporter and editor for CBC Saskatoon. She began her journalism career in newspapers, first in her hometown of Meadow Lake, Sask., moving on to Fort St. John, B.C., and then to the Saskatoon StarPhoenix.

Latest from Hannah Spray

'If you know something, please come forward': Ashley Morin's family marks 7 years since disappearance

Ashley Morin, from Ahtahkakoop Cree Nation in Saskatchewan, was 31 years old when she was reported missing on July 10, 2018. Her family holds an awareness walk every year and hopes someone will come forward with information about what happened to her.

Suspect in Saskatoon police pursuit taken to hospital with dog bite injuries, police say

Saskatoon police were trying to track down a stolen vehicle on Wednesday morning when a chase ensued.

'Medical leadership crisis' identified by review into Regina hospital physician culture

The report revealed high levels of distrust between the Saskatchewan Health Authority and doctors, and an inability for positive changes to be made to address "numerous examples" of unprofessional conduct among physicians.  

Suspended regional directors defiant in fight against Métis Nation-Saskatchewan

Two suspended Métis Nation-Saskatchewan regional directors are not backing down from their fight with the organization.

Sask. volunteer firefighter who set hay bales on fire 30 times awaits sentencing

A Saskatchewan judge is scheduled to give his sentencing decision next month in the case of a volunteer firefighter who repeatedly set hay bales on fire.

'Beyond devastating': Residents of Denare Beach, Sask., start returning home

Alannah Skot's home was among the 218 permanent residences destroyed by wildfire in Denare Beach three weeks ago. But the lodge she owns, the Overland Resort, survived.

Mother fasting as she demands search of Regina landfill for daughter's remains

Michele Bear is fasting and says she will stay at the Regina landfill, which she believes holds the remains of her daughter, "as long as it takes." Clayton Bo Eichler pled guilty in 2016 to murdering Richele Bear in 2013, but her body has never been found.

Still waiting: Handful of Sask. communities remain under evacuation orders

Wildfires no longer pose an immediate threat to the Saskatchewan communities of Creighton and Denare Beach, but residents are still under an evacuation order. Creighton's mayor says that will stay in place until health-care services restart in nearby Flin Flon, Man.

Youth pleads guilty in man's death by gunshot to the head in Regina

A 17-year-old has pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the death of Gregory Severight, who died on Dec. 21, 2023, after he was found injured outside a house on the 1300 block of Retallack Street. The youth is now serving a three-year intensive rehabilitative custody and supervision sentence, on top of the year he already spent in jail.

What's at the heart of Sask.'s early wildfire season? Humans, in more ways than one

Four in five wildfires in Saskatchewan this year have been caused by humans, the vast majority of them accidentally. But experts say part of the reason they've spread so far, so fast, is another human factor: climate change driven by the burning of fossil fuels.