Prince Albert Daily Herald
‘It gives me hope’: Sask. suicide prevention bill passes unanimously
Métis suicide prevention advocate Tristen Durocher said he s hoping for more cooperation with Indigenous communities and people across various health sectors
Cumberland MLA Doyle Vermette holds The Saskatchewan Strategy for Suicide Prevention Act. Photo courtesy of Doyle Vermette
The Saskatchewan Legislative Assembly unanimously passed The Saskatchewan Strategy for Suicide Prevention Act after Cumberland NDP MLA Doyle Vermette introduced it for a third time on Friday.
“This to me is something that the people of our province that are struggling with mental health should be very proud that they have achieved,” Vermette said.
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Tristen Durocher speaks at a press conference in Regina on Aug. 11, 2020. Durocher, a Mètis man, sought to draw attention to high Indigenous suicide rates when he walked more than 600 kilometres from northern Saskatchewan, set up a teepee on the legislature grounds in Regina and started a fast.
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No action is to be taken against a judge who visited a protest camp on Saskatchewan’s legislature grounds two days after ruling the Metis man who set it up could stay there.
Tristen Durocher speaks at a press conference in Regina on August 11, 2020. No action is to be taken against a judge who visited a protest camp on Saskatchewan s legislature grounds after ruling a Metis man was entitled to stay there. The Canadian Judicial Council says it received five complaints last year after Court of Queen s Bench Justice Graeme Mitchell was shown in media reports posing for photographs and accepting ceremonial gifts at the camp. Tristen Durocher, a Metis man, sought to draw attention to high Indigenous suicide rates when he walked more than 600 kilometres from northern Saskatchewan, set up a teepee on the legislature grounds in Regina and started a fast. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Michael Bell
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A matter involving a Court of Queen’s Bench judge who visited a protest camp amidst a related court case will not face an inquiry committee, the Canadian Judicial Council has decided.
A council (CJC) review panel released its decision on Tuesday into the matter of Justice Graeme Mitchell, who faced a complaint regarding a September visit to Tristen Durocher’s Walking With Our Angels camp set up outside the Saskatchewan Legislative Building.
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