This special report is a look at illiteracy across Canada and in Saskatchewan. It includes stories by Peter Calamai, a national correspondent with Southam News, and by Regina Leader-Post reporters Kevin O'Connor, Zena Olijnyk, Ron Petrie, and Beverley Spencer. The publication also includes stories by the Canadian press. Calamai's stories are the result of almost a year of intensive research, based on a national literacy survey by Southam News. Topics discussed in the articles include the following: the survey, who are illiterates, the schools' role, the immigrant, literacy pays, learning behind bars, government gibberish, bluffing it, getting help, a short story, native needs, failed attempts, programs that work, read all about it, making the grade, and warring ideologies. A section on literacy instruction using the newspaper lists numerous teaching strategies for the regular classroom, English as a second language, and adult education. (KC)