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Those are our youth and our people,” Durocher told Canada’s National Observer on Tuesday. Ford government to take powers away from conservation authorities, Canada, Saudi Arabia named ‘worst performers’ in report on fossil fuel funding, Opposition runs high against Quebec natural gas project rest of Canada hears little about, This year’s annual report from provincial children’s advocate Lisa Broda, Saskatchewan's First Nations, Métis and Northern Affairs minister denies flunking file, Walk for sobriety highlights paths to recovery, Sask.

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But Bill 618 — the Saskatchewan Strategy for Suicide Prevention Act — was voted down by Saskatchewan Party members in the legislature.

It was informed by careful consideration of approaches across the country and international best practice,” Kaeding said. Tristen Durocher plays fiddle in Air Ronge, Sask., the evening before embarking on a walk to Regina, where he hopes the legislature will change its stand on suicide prevention in the province.

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Coincidence or not, on the same day in 1884, Louis Riel arrived in Batoche, Sask., to assert Métis sovereignty in what is today Western Canada. These are people that are loved who we lost.”. Never. The Cree name was dropped in favour of “Regina” in honour of Queen Victoria, but Pile O’ Bones, Wascana, and Oskana all carry on in extensive use throughout the area. 4.3K likes. Our music always helped us keep our spirits intact,” Durocher said.

We have so many suicides.”. Lac La Ronge Indian Band Chief Tammy Cook-Searson with Emily Cummings. Support can be found at the Canada Suicide Prevention Service website. “These old traditional tunes that were with us on the old frontiers and at the trading posts and in 1885 and at the church in Batoche. By Michael Bramadat-Willcock. 10AM - 5PM Merasty said he wants to provide protection and companionship for Durocher on the walk.

He said he’s also tired of watching community members die while the province twiddles its thumbs. “This plan will guide activities specific to suicide prevention based on Saskatchewan’s context. Welcome to Pile O' Bones Derby Club (PBDC), Regina's flat track roller derby league for women and girls in Saskatchewan, Canada.

Lac La Ronge Indian Band chief Tammy Cook-Searson spoke in both Cree and English at the sendoff: “You’re going to bring to light that we need to do something different for suicide.

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legislature votes down suicide prevention bill, Multimillion-dollar Indigenous wellness centre breaks ground, Sask. “The statistics are there, but we are not only statistics. “Mental health continues to be a high priority for our government, our health system and our communities,” Kaeding said. We ask that you please have a 50% deposit in by February 1st and pay the remaining 50% by March 1st, 2019.

Vermette maintains that legislation, as opposed to a plan, would be more effective because it would hold institutions accountable.

The Northern Cree drum group performing at a ceremony for Tristen Durocher and his companions on their way to Regina from La Ronge. Durocher held an intimate smudging ceremony between family and friends on Wednesday in Air Ronge, the day before leaving for Regina. The ceremony was interlaced with music from the Northern Cree drum group, which came from Alberta to participate in the sendoff. Rather, it was put forward on behalf of constituents. “This is my way of calling them to us and saying: Walk with us, see how much we love you, and feel how much we always will. “Seven reserves have declared states of emergencies. Photograph by Michael Bramadat-Willcock. “I don’t let the kids see me broken. Conexus Arts Centre, 200A Lake Shore Drive $20/Daily, $40 Weekend Pass. And I’m fasting on that lawn (in front of the legislature) until they pass meaningful legislation. “This walk is for hope. Rural and Remote Health Minister Warren Kaeding released Pillars for Life: The Saskatchewan Suicide Prevention Plan in May, which outlines a collaborative approach to suicide prevention.

Vermette told Canada’s National Observer that the bill was not meant to be partisan. Métis fiddler Tristen Durocher is walking from La Ronge to Regina to protest the government’s refusal to pass a suicide prevention bill. Vermette said he was exhausted after it was rejected, but gained fresh hope when Durocher called to tell him about the walk. “This wasn’t Doyle Vermette’s bill, this wasn’t the NDP’s bill. Inspired by Mahatma Gandhi’s peaceful resistance tactics during British rule in India, Durocher says when he arrives, he will start a hunger strike in front of the legislature until the issue of suicide prevention legislation is addressed. Photograph by Brandon White. Durocher, of Buffalo Narrows, and his supporters left Thursday from Fairchild Cemetery near La Ronge. Hope that something is going to change in our northern communities here in Saskatchewan for every man, woman and child who lives in our north and right across Canada.”. The elders say that spirits wander when they take their own lives because they’re still angry, they’re still hurting, and they’re still grieving. You need an active subscription to post a comment. “I’ve lived through this, I’ve borne witness to this, I’ve stood at the graves of children with their families grieving and put on a strong face to fiddle because their little brothers and sisters needed something to look at other than their mothers and grandmothers in the depths of grief,” Durocher said.

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This is just another of the ugly racist memes - that translates worldwide, only the names change, jews, chinamen, slaves of all colours, Rohingya, women...the list is endless, will not end until humanity extinguishes itself or ....? I want them to feel the urgency that we feel.”. “I’m hoping that because it’s a fast and people will be watching ... they’ll see illustrated bare before their eyes the heartlessness of our elected leaders,” Durocher said.

Politicians came for a weekend, took a few photos, called that consultation and continued to do nothing,” Durocher said.

An average of 144 people die by suicide each year in the province. If you are or someone you know is experiencing suicidal thoughts, help is available at all hours. “The lack of action and the complete indifference of our elected members who are in power is lethal and is killing and I’m sick of it. Photograph by Michael Bramadat-Willcock. Between 2005 and 2019, more than 2,200 people in Saskatchewan died by suicide, according to data from the Saskatchewan Coroners Service. And I’m hoping when we get to that lawn, we have the whole invisible march of the spirits who passed on because of this.”.

“I just released my first fiddle album, which is kind of funny because here’s this music that the Métis people have used to deal with our grief for hundreds of years,” Durocher said.

Tristen Durocher and his companions are heading to Regina in protest of the Saskatchewan government's failure to pass suicide prevention legislation.

“If we have a concrete plan in place, and we stick with it, be consistent with it, I’m sure that we are going to save lives. Joined on his walk by a group of supporters, Durocher wants the province to change its tune on suicide prevention. Durocher is walking to the provincial capital accompanied not only by supporters, but also his music. But there are times behind closed doors when the tears come and there have been nights where I wasn’t sure if they would ever stop and I’ve had enough of that.”, Michael Bramadat-Willcock/Local Journalism Initiative/Canada's National Observer. The provincial government has put forward a plan, which it thinks is enough, but critics say that not attaching binding legislation makes it effectively useless. The province’s suicide prevention strategy states that it will co-ordinate activities to promote life and reduce risk factors related to death by suicide in Saskatchewan.

Cook-Searson shared that she lost her sister to suicide. The defeat of the suicide prevention bill was the last straw for Merasty, too. For instance, Regina’s crown jewel and the 4th largest park in North America bears the name Wascana Park. It is our youth and parents who have lost their children to suicide who are demanding it.”. This is my way of giving them closure,” Durocher said.

The bill was put forward by Cumberland NDP MLA Doyle Vermette on behalf of families whose loved ones died by suicide in the province. Tristen Durocher started his walk to Regina at the Anglican Church cemetery near La Ronge.

Durocher is joined by Christopher Merasty, founder of a men’s support group in La Ronge called Men of the North. Pile O’ Bones Brewing Co. acknowledges our operation on Treaty 4 territory, ancestral lands of the Cree, Saulteaux, Dakota, Nakota, Lakota and the traditional homeland of the Métis. Photograph by Michael Bramadat-Willcock. Give us a call at 306-540-6915 or fill out the form below. This year’s annual report from provincial children’s advocate Lisa Broda concluded that of the 34 deaths recorded in the provincial child welfare system last year, 29 were Indigenous children (First Nations or Métis) and seven of the 34 were deaths by suicide. What good did that do? The northern Cree drum group from Alberta came to La Ronge to perform at the ceremony for Tristen Durocher's walk to Regina. Fri. 6PM - 12AM Sat. On Thursday morning, the protest walk began with a ceremony at the site of a cemetery where people who have died by suicide are buried. 24 year old Tristen Durocher's first album features a picture of himself playing his fiddle in a crowded Saskatoon street, something he intends to repeat when he passes through there on his way to Regina. Regina is called “pile of bones” because it was the site where slaughtered Buffalo bones were piled high during the height of colonial genocide in the Prairies. We need to address this, and we need to change this.”. Buffalo were slaughtered as the land was settled by agrarian colonists and as a way of eliminating Indigenous peoples' source of food. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Regina,_Saskatchewan For too long, this sentiment and others of its ilk, have defined the malice that seems to inhabit the human psyche and not all the years, not all the learning, not all the religions have been able to eradicate this primal, dinosaur brain fear, hate and violence from the human animal. That was a beautiful illustration of just how much they don’t give a s—t,” Durocher said. Vendors are welcome to sell items such as Clothing, Jewellery, Tattoo Flash, Art Work and Piercing Products. March 13, 14 & 15 Tattoo Convention.

Any cancellations after March 1st will result in the loss of deposit. 10AM - 12AMSun. We kept digging graves. Pile O' Bones Brewing Co., Regina, Saskatchewan. “I plan on arriving, walking to the front steps of the legislature in 'pile of bones' and playing Amazing Grace for the families who have lost their loved ones and for the mothers who are still grieving the death of their babies,” Durocher said. Booth Rates8’ X 10’ Booth - $6008’ X 20’ Booth - $8008' X 30' Booth - $9008' X 40' Booth - $1000, For Inquiries on Larger Booths Email: pileobonestattoo@hotmail.com. These are real people. Suicide is the leading cause of death for people aged 10 to 49 in northern Saskatchewan. Photograph by Michael Bramadat-Willcock.

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