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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 someth...

Winnipeg Free Press By: Stephanie Taylor, The Canadian Press Posted: Last Modified: 5:43 PM CST Friday, Mar. 5, 2021 REGINA - A Regina judge has reserved his decision on whether to delay one of the many lawsuits filed after the deadly Humboldt Broncos bus crash. The wreckage of a fatal crash involving a semi-truck and the Humboldt Broncos junior hockey team bus near Tisdale, Sask., is seen on Saturday, April, 7, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward REGINA - A Regina judge has res...

Sixteen people were killed and 13 were injured when, on April 6, 2018, an inexperienced truck driver went through a stop sign and into the path of the bus at a rural intersection near Tisdale, Sask. Justice Graeme Mitchell said he's sensitive to how important the matter is. At one point during Friday's hearing, he struggled to know for certain how many individual lawsuits stemmed from the crash. At the core of Friday's hearing was a proposed class action and whether a lawsuit brought by five other parents shortly after the crash should wait until the courts decide if the class can go ahead.

REGINA — A Regina judge has reserved his decision on whether to delay one of the many lawsuits filed after the deadly Humboldt Broncos bus crash. Lawyers spent Friday March 5 arguing what a delay. . .

  REGINA -- A Regina judge will be reviewed by his peers for visiting a protest camp earlier this year. Justice Graeme Mitchell ruled against the Government of Saskatchewan in September, after it sought to have a suicide prevention advocate and his tipi removed from Wascana Park. Mitchell provided his ruling on Sept. 11, and visited Tristen Durocher’s protest site on Sept. 13. Mitchell said in his ruling that Durocher’s right to protest was protected by the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Now, The Canadian Judicial Council says a panel will look into these action. “Under...