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Prince Albert Daily Herald
Expert calls blaming slowdown in suicide prevention on the pandemic “a nice excuse,” criticizes spending priorities in budget
Saskatchewan’s Ministry of Health said implementation of its suicide prevention plan is underway, but has been “impacted and slowed by the need for comprehensive COVID-19 health system response.”
The ministry responded after this year’s budget tabled on Tuesday made no mention of northern or Indigenous youth suicide in funding Pillars for Life: The Saskatchewan Suicide Prevention Plan.
The ministry promised to “further expand mental health first aid training across the province, and enhance research to support local suicide prevention with a specific focus on northern youth.”
Prince Albert Daily Herald
Sask. suicide prevention plan “impacted and slowed” amid pandemic response
Expert calls blaming slowdown in suicide prevention on the pandemic “a nice excuse” from a province not willing to do the work
Saskatchewan’s Ministry of Health said implementation of its suicide prevention plan
is
underway, but has been “impacted and slowed by the need for comprehensive COVID-19 health system response.”
The ministry responded after this year’s budget tabled on Tuesday made no mention of northern or Indigenous youth suicide in funding
Pillars for Life: The Saskatchewan Suicide Prevention Plan.
The ministry promised to “further expand mental health first aid training across the province, and enhance research to support local suicide prevention with a specific focus on northern youth.”
Provincial funds will ensure a National Historic Site of Canada will be preserved and enjoyed for future generations to come.
The Holy Trinity Anglican Church near Stanley Mission wasn’t forgotten in Tuesday’s budget as approximately $180,000 was approved for preparation, painting, finishing and some refurbishing to the interior and exterior of the church. Work at the site is expected to be completed by the end of summer 2021.
According to information from the Ministry of Parks, Culture and Sport, the church was built between 1854 and 1860, and has been in use ever since.
“It’s been a big part of the community,” said Stanley Mission director of operation Gordon Hardlotte. “The whole community uses it quite a bit for weddings and special services.”
La Ronge’s Scattered Site Outreach Program is set to re-open its doors.
The facility, which provides meals and addictions services to vulnerable people, closed its doors last week after a government funding contract ended Mar. 31.
However, Kikinahk Friendship Centre Executive Director Ron Woytowich said provincial funding has now been restored and they plan to re-open on Monday.
He said this a big relief as Scattered Site provides services that are much needed in the community.
“It’s needed here, it’s needed big time,” Woytowich said. “I’ve always said we’re the same as a city. We’re in the north but there’s four communities that really comprise – the band (Lac La Ronge Indian Band), Air Ronge and La Ronge itself and Eagle Point. If all four of us were together, we’d be a city and we have all the problems.”