Children should always be in arm’s reach when near water. That from Shelby Rushton, Chief Executive Officer of the Saskatchewan Branch of the Lifesaving Society. She says in the last six weeks there have been four fatal drownings in the province of children 6 years and younger. One 6 year old drowned at Makwa Sahgaiehcan, […]
As the Makwa Sahgaiehcan First Nation deals with a declared suicide crisis, the provincial NDP is calling on the provincial government to support an opposition bill that would implement a suicide prevention strategy. Bill No. 618, “The Saskatchewan Strategy for Suicide Prevention Act,” was introduced by Northern Affairs critic Doyle Vermette earlier this session. A […]
A ten year old girl on the Makwa Sahgaiehcan First Nation committed suicide on Thursday, the third suicide in recent weeks. The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations and the province are sending condolences to the community which has declared a state of emergency after a rash of suicides and attempts. There have been seven suicides […]
