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  Former Saskatchewan MP commits suicide after battle with mental illness: family

  June 30th, 2009 - 5 h 00

  REGINA - A former Saskatchewan member of Parliament who resigned last year as he struggled with mental health issues is dead. His family says Dave Batters took his own life in his home in Regina on Monday. Batters announced last September that he...

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  Sanitizer gaffe says much

  June 26th, 2009 - 5 h 00

  Should we really be surprised that some decision-maker in Ottawa delayed shipment of hand-sanitizer to First Nations groups in Manitoba, for fears the substance contained alcohol. Yes, a paper-pusher in Ottawa thought that some aboriginals might...

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  Canadian military launches mental-health awareness campaign to assist Forces personnel

  June 26th, 2009 - 5 h 00

  Ottawa - Cpl. Mike O'Rourke fought his way through the sun-baked grape fields of Panjwaii in 2006. Charging into merciless Taliban machine gun fire, he retrieved wounded and dead buddies. It was the landmark battle Operation Medusa and the...

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  Mobile crisis settles after a year of changes

  June 20th, 2009 - 5 h 00

  Prince Albert, SK - PRINCE ALBERT - Mobile crisis is called out at all hours of the day and night for anything from transport home from the hospital to domestic and family violence. Most often their calls come for emergency child-protection...

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  Community found in small Prairie towns

  June 16th, 2009 - 5 h 00

  Stereotypes aren't always bad. Don't get me wrong: I will stand up against the unfair grouping of people based on race, gender, age or socio-economic status, but every once in a while I find one of my stereotypes are true. When moving to...

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  Northern suicide issues addressed

  June 13th, 2009 - 5 h 00

  Duane Favel understands the pain and stress that people feel when someone they know commits suicide. The Ile-a-la-Crosse mayor had two people in his community commit suicide last year. "And that's two too many," he said. "Every suicide in every...

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  Saskatchewan spends $1.75 million to fund Regina bereavement centre

  June 9th, 2009 - 5 h 00

  REGINA - Saskatchewan is spending $1.75 million to fund a facility that is to help people deal with the death of loved ones. The money will go to Regina Palliative Care Inc. to develop the Greystone Bereavement Centre. Health Minister Don McMorris...

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  Prince Albert business gets Results one year later

  June 8th, 2009 - 5 h 00

  Prince Albert, SK - PRINCE ALBERT - One year after opening her business, Cherise Arnesen couldn't be happier with how well Results Cosmetic and Wellness Therapies was received in Prince Albert. "I thought that it would be something that people...

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  'Reality' exacts toll

  June 2nd, 2009 - 5 h 00

  LONDON - Now that it's over, it's fair to ask: Was "Britain's Got Talent" worth it? Susan Boyle, the most famous contestant, is hospitalized at the Priory Clinic in London with nervous exhaustion. Three children broke down on camera, leaving the...

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  American charged after running border with guns, explosives

  May 5th, 2009 - 5 h 00

  GOODLANDS, Man. - GOODLANDS, Man. - An American man accused of running a Manitoba border crossing in a vehicle filled with guns, ammunition and gasoline is a former lawyer who has been struggling with untreated mental health issues, according to...

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