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Feds launch study on Mounties and mental health
Faced with a seemingly growing number of RCMP officers dealing with mental health related issues linked to their duties--including suicide--the Trudeau government has revealed it wants to take a deepe...
Dec 09, 2017 (L-R) U of R President Vianne Timmons, Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale and RCMP Assistant Commissioner Stephen White make the announcement of a long-term research study into police and mental health issues on Dec. 8, 2017. (Kevin Martel/980 CJME)
Landmark study shows military veterans at greater risk of suicide
OTTAWA - A landmark study from Veterans Affairs Canada appears to confirm what many have long feared: Canadians who have served in uniform are at greater risk of taking their own lives than members of...
Dec 08, 2017
Batters attacked online on anniversary of husband’s death
On the 11th anniversary of Dave Batters' death, his widow is facing attacks online. The Regina MP took his own life on June 29, 2009. On Facebook this week, former NDP employee and federal candidate B...
Jun 29, 2017 Regina MP Dave Batters committed suicide on June 29, 2009. (Senator Denise Batters/Facebook)
Tweet sparks talk about mental health, suicide on Sask. farms
A tweet from a farmer in central Saskatchewan has prompted a conversation about suicide in the agriculture community. Kim Keller, who farms near Gronlin and is a co-founder of Saskatchewan Women in Ag...
Jun 28, 2017
Mental health trade show provides support, advice
Mental illness affects many across the country, and Regina Public Library (RPL) is doing what it can to advance the conversation here in Saskatchewan. A mental health trade show will take place in the...
May 06, 2017
Teen mental health advocate not shocked by youth suicide study
Mackenzie Murphy knows about pain. On Dec. 3, 2012, the 12-year-old from Airdrie, Alta. tried to take her own life because of rampant cyberbullying. "I felt so hopeless and lost," Murphy said. "I got ...
Sep 09, 2016
Run to Remember recognizes all people living with PTSD across Sask.
A line of veterans from World War 2, the Korean War, the Gulf War, Afghanistan and peace keeping missions passed a torch to police officers, an RCMP officer, a firefighter and a paramedic to ope...
Jul 07, 2016
INAC paying for 2nd office during protest camp in Regina
While a brand new office building remains locked and closed to the public, Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada is paying to rent another space in Regina. The doors to the main office at 1827 Albert...
Apr 26, 2016
Regina INAC protesters demand that offices reopen to the public
A small group of protesters camping outside the office of Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC) in Regina are demanding that the federal government department unlock the office doors and talk ...
Apr 25, 2016
Preventing the suicide crisis in Northern Sask. comes with challenges
Isolation is the root cause of mental health issues in the region, according to mental health workers in northern Saskatchewan First Nations and Metis communities. The challenges in communities such a...
Apr 22, 2016
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Sarah Mills: The president is playing a game of Risk with real lives
Sarah Mills says when you make a threat like "a whole civilization will die tonight" about Iran, the only choi...
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