PROTESTER SAYS OFFICIALS WANTED TO REMOVE TEEPEE

An organizer of a month-long march calling for suicide prevention says police and provincial officials tried to shut their camp at the Saskatchewan legislature grounds down over the weekend. Tristen Durocher says officers arrived at the camp’s teepee with people from the Provincial Capital Commission before sunrise on Sunday, saying they were there to enforce the bylaws for Wascana Park. Durocher says they asked the protesters to take the camp down, but the group refused and the officials eventually left. The Walking With

Our Angels group arrived in Regina last week following a 600-kilometre trek to raise awareness about suicides in the north. Government spokesman Jay Teneycke said in an email that officials requested the camp be removed because bylaws prohibit overnight camping and don’t allow the erection of permanent or semi-permanent structures on the legislature grounds. Durocher said the group won’t leave until they see meaningful action on suicide prevention in the province.