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Journalist & broadcaster. pxp @ThePWHLofficial. Former #Riders #CFL pre/postgame & sidelines. @sskroughriders podcast host. USPORTs hockey, football pxp.
Sep 13, 2020 12 tweets 6 min read
Sunday is the final day that the Walking With Our Angels ceremonial teepee will stand outside the #Saskatchewan legislature in #yqr.

Tristen Durocher and supporters arrived Aug. 1, after a 635-kilometre 28-day suicide prevention walk from Air Ronge.

Here's a look back #Thread “We’ve lost over 2,300 people since 2005 alone. This is the tip of a very grim iceberg."

At 29.7 people per every 100,000, the suicide rate in northwestern Sask. is nearly three times higher than the Canadian national average of 11/100,000.

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