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Rob Vanstone: After all these years, it is finally time to talk There was a point, only a few years ago, when I could not tell anyone about my struggles with mental health. Now I am telling everyone.
Author of the article: Rob Vanstone
Publishing date: Jan 28, 2021 • January 28, 2021 • 6 minute read • Regina Leader-Post sports editor Rob Vanstone is shown on his beloved bicycle in Wascana Centre on Oct. 3. Finally free of severe mental health issues, Vanstone joyously rode his bike nearly 3,000 kilometres while losing more than 100 pounds last year. Michael Bell Photography. Photo by Michael Bell Photography
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There was a point, only a few years ago, when I could not tell anyone about my struggles with mental health.
A look back 2020: Tristen Durocher
One of the most impactful northern stories of 2020 is a single man’s quest to raise awareness to high rates of suicide in Northern Saskatchewan.
In July Tristen Durocher walked from Air Ronge to Regina, as he was not pleased with the provincial government’s suicide prevention plan, alleging it did not go far enough.
When reaching the Legislature in late July, Durocher setup a teepee on the west lawn, as a demonstration calling for greater action.
He would fast there for 44-days, each day representing a Sask. Party MLA who voted against NDP MLA Doyle Vermette’s private members bill call for the creation of a suicide plan.
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A judge who visited a Metis man at his protest camp on Saskatchewan’s legislature grounds is facing a review by his fellow judges.
The Canadian Judicial Council says a panel will look into the actions of Justice Graeme Mitchell, who heard arguments in the case of Tristen Durocher in September.
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“Under council’s bylaws, a Judicial Conduct Review Panel may be established when it is determined that a complaint might be serious enough to warrant the removal of the judge,” a release from the council said Tuesday.
During that time, the province requested a court order to have Durocher removed, citing bylaws. The judge ruled that the bylaws prohibiting his ceremony were unconstitutional.
Monique Goffinet Miller, CEO of the PCC, told Regina s executive committee on Dec. 9 that a rewrite of the bylaws will be done around March 2021. We ve gone one step further and worked with the Ministry of Justice constitutional branch to make sure that we bolster them even further to allow for a more constitutional opportunity, Miller said. Our organization and the Provincial Capital Commission identifies everyone s right to freedom of speech, and that has not changed.