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Exploring Theme: "Govt. and Institution Issues"
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(Filtered by Stakeholder "Saskatchewan")
September 21, 2023
NWAC President: Protests against gender diversity policies in school are putting vulnerable youth at risk
NationTalk: A statement by Carol McBride, President of the Native Women’s Association of Canada (NWAC) As President of the Native Women’s Association of Canada (NWAC), I am appalled by protests that would end policies created to provide a layer of safety for transgender and gender-diverse youth. The organizers of these protests say they are marching...
May 15, 2023
Mother of teen who died in Sask. ministry care still begging for accountability, action a year later
Ministry admits it took 29 days before caseworker went looking for teen, despite warning she was in danger CBC News: Almost one year ago, 14-year-old Stellayna Severight was found dead of a drug overdose in what the coroner’s report describes as an “unkempt” apartment building “with drug paraphernalia found scattered in the living room area.” The...
May 12, 2023
First Nations mothers allegedly told babies died shortly after birth in Saskatchewan hospitals
APTN News: The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN) in Saskatchewan has asked the RCMP to investigate a pair of cases from 1967 and 1982 involving allegations that hospital staff falsely told mothers their babies had died shortly after birth to possibly facilitate a deceptive adoption scheme. “The cruelty that was shown is just unthinkable,”...