Single mother Brandy Maxie knows her children face risks because of their race.

A special report that originally aired on CBC Saskatchewan Radio One's Morning Edition and Saskatoon Morning as well as CBC Radio One's Unreserved.

Read and watch more about this story here: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/raising-a-daughter-in-a-world-of-the-missing-and-murdered-1.3018333

Special Report: Raising a daughter in a world of the missing and murdered

Following a fatal attack on Parliament Hill during October 2014, members of Saskatoon's Muslim community gathered together to show solidarity with Canada.

This soundscape aired on CBC Radio One's Morning Edition and Saskatoon Morning.

See more photos from this day here: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoon/muslims-gather-at-saskatoon-s-city-hall-1.2813270
Read more about how Saskatoon reacted here: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoon/it-s-a-wake-up-call-saskatoon-veteran-reacts-to-ottawa-attack-1.2809097

Muslims gather at Saskatoon's City Hall to support Canada

During my time reporting on a October, 2014 train derailment near Clair, Sask., I discovered the railcars that split open and burned near the community were Class 111; the same kind involved in the deadly Lac-Mégantic disaster.

This exclusive report aired on CBC Radio One's World Report and CBC Saskatchewan provincial radio news.

Read more about what I found here: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/train-cars-that-burned-in-sask-same-type-as-at-lac-m%C3%A9gantic-tsb-1.2794140

Train cars that burned in Sask. same type as at Lac-Mégantic: TSB

Phone scammers are using software to mask their real identities by displaying a fake telephone number. 

This piece aired on CBC Radio One's World Report.

Read more about phone spoofing in Saskatoon here: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoon/phone-spoofing-scammers-disguise-as-local-callers-1.2568360

'Phone spoofing' scammers disguise as local callers

A Saskatoon woman has been stuck in Pakistan for the past three years while trying to adopt a child.

This piece aired on CBC Radio One provincial news in Saskatchewan.

Read the latest on this story here: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoon/pakistani-family-reuniting-in-saskatoon-after-5-year-adoption-ordeal-1.3058942


Saskatoon woman stuck in Pakistan in 3 year adoption wait

Potentially deadly ingredients mixed into cocaine and ecstasy sent 10 people to hospital in late December 2014, and police in Saskatoon are warning others to be careful.

This piece aired on CBC Saskatchewan Radio One provincial news.

To read more about it, visit: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoon/saskatoon-police-tainted-street-drugs-send-10-to-hospital-1.2880274

To read more about a fatal Saskatoon incident involving fake oxy, read: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/kelly-best-19-latest-killed-by-fake-oxycontin-in-saskatoon-1.2896525

Police believe 'life-threatening chemicals' in cocaine and ecstasy led to 10 medical emergencies

In 10 years, 48 Sask. people were killed in domestic homicide situations. Their homicide cases led to the province's first domestic death review.
CBC's Madeline Kotzer investigated the stories behind the numbers and joined CBC Radio One's The Morning Edition with this debrief.

Who were the people whose 48 homicides informed Sask.'s 1st domestic violence death review?

People in Saskatchewan's Northern Village of Pinehouse are using photography to capture the beauty in their lives as they heal from trauma. CBC's Madeline Kotzer has their story for CBC Radio One's The Morning Edition with Stefani Langenegger.

New lens on life - CBC Radio One

Thanks to the ripple effect of Elder Annie Natomagan and Elder Yvonne Maurice's survival knowledge, young people in Saskatchewan's north are finding a way into the future.

Read my feature for CBC News about Elder Annie: https://newsinteractives.cbc.ca/longform/young-hunters-find-release-from-trap-of-addiction-thanks-to-elders-sage-survival-skills

Read Elder Yvonne Maurice's story here: https://newsinteractives.cbc.ca/longform/i-dont-lie-to-them

Walking with Elders

Award-winning Saskatchewan journalist. Social Media News Editor/Presenter for CBC Saskatchewan & CBC Saskatoon.

Write to Madeline.Kotzer@cbc.ca. or follow me on twitter @MadelineKotzer.