Despite a cancelled thoroughbred racing season at Marquis Downs in Saskatoon this year, a new racing organization held its first weekend of races on the track this weekend.
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A Saskatchewan First Nation leader says new funding for mental health services is an important step toward preventing suicides among Indigenous youth.
Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations Vice-Chief David Pratt said he was “very pleased” with Monday’s federal budget, which included $597.6 million over the next three years for a tailored mental health strategy for Indigenous communities.
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Pratt said his hope now is that the province will also come to the table. The FSIN, which represents 74 First Nations in Saskatchewan, signed a letter with provincial and federal representatives in September 2020, pledging to work together to lower the disproportionately high rates of suicide among First Nations youth.
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Posted: Apr 20, 2021 2:34 PM CT | Last Updated: April 20
Annette Custer, 30, identified herself publicly for the first time Tuesday as the person involved in a violent arrest at a Saskatoon FreshCo last week, when she was pinned to the ground by a FreshCo security guard.(Chanss Lagaden/CBC)
Annette Custer, who identified herself Tuesday as the woman involved in a videotaped incident where she was pinned to the ground by a Saskatoon FreshCo security guard, had her dignity stripped from her, says a lawyer representing the Indigenous woman. Too often … this type of treatment of Indigenous people, especially Indigenous women, goes unnoticed, said Michael Seed, legal counsel for the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations. It gets routed into the shadows and gets forgotten.