How some Sask. leaders will spend Canada Day While Canada Day events in Regina have been cancelled due to COVID-19, calls to forego individual celebrations in favour of quiet reflection and solidarity with Indigenous peoples remain strong.
Author of the article: Jennifer Ackerman
Publishing date: Jun 29, 2021 • 4 hours ago • 4 minute read • Children s backpacks, many of which have orange handprints affixed to them, are seen laying in front of the Saskatchewan Legislative Building in Regina on June 29, 2021. Prairie Crowe initially organized the display to honour those in unmarked graves by the former residential school on Cowessess First Nation and urged others on social media to bring more in hopes of having 751 on the steps for Canada Day. Photo by BRANDON HARDER /Regina Leader-Post
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The body that controls Wascana Centre has quietly amended its bylaws in light of a court decision that found the previous rules unconstitutional, but critics say the move falls short.
The Provincial Capital Commission (PCC) board voted on Monday “to replace three current bylaws at the centre of the court decision Saskatchewan v. Durocher,” which pitted the government against a Metis man holding a ceremonial fast on the West Lawn of Wascana Park to raise awareness about suicide.
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