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'It's heartwarming:' City of Moose Jaw honours veterans with banners
It's normal to see people wearing a poppy to honour veterans in November, but on top of its poppy campaign, the City of Moose Jaw is honouring veterans with a banner project. A total of 23 banners fly...
Nov 09, 2023
Métis veterans honoured on Indigenous Veterans Day
On Wednesday, Mtis veterans from across the province were honoured at a special service in Batoche for Indigenous Veterans Day. Mervin Bouvier, the Mtis Nation-Saskatchewan's minister of veterans, sai...
Nov 08, 2023 "Last Post" is played during a special service in Batoche for Indigenous Veterans Day. (Screenshot)
P.A. veteran walk will include tribute to Earl Burns
By Susan McNeil The third Walk for Veterans will happen in Prince Albert this Saturday, and organizers have made sure to include time to honour Earl Burns, a veteran from James Smith Cree Nation who w...
Sep 23, 2022 The sister of Earl Burns said he was killed trying to protect his family during the stabbing attacks Sunday on the James Smith Cree Nation. (Aries Mya Burns/Submitted)
Mounties now eligible for veteran licence plates
RCMP members in Saskatchewan now can get veteran specialty licence plates from SGI. The Crown corporation announced Monday that RCMP officers with a minimum of three years of active duty can get the p...
May 09, 2022
Sask. government increases grants to veterans organizations
The Saskatchewan government has hiked the value of the grants it awards under the Saskatchewan Veterans Service Club Support Program. The maximum annual amount per club is now $30,000, up from $25,000...
Apr 07, 2022
On sad anniversary, few to mourn the D-Day dead in Normandy
SAINT-LAURENT-SUR-MER, France (AP) - At least the dead will always be there. All too many have been, for 76 years since that fateful June 6 on France's Normandy beaches, when Allied troops in 1944 tur...
Jun 05, 2020
Bagpipes played in honour of 75th anniversary of VE Day
While it wasn't the original plan to honour veterans on VE Day, the Royal Canadian Legion found a way to do it despite the COVID-19 pandemic. Friday marked the 75th anniversary of VE Day, the day when...
May 08, 2020
French teens, Normandy vets swap stories of life in lockdown
CABOURG, France (AP) - French student Marion Nivard starting writing last year to a Second World War veteran in Britain, thanking him for taking part in the Normandy invasion that freed her country fr...
May 07, 2020
Backlog of applications for veterans’ benefits grows by the thousands
OTTAWA - More Canadian veterans than ever are waiting to find out whether they qualify for disability benefits, despite repeated government promises and efforts to get the situation under control. New...
Feb 10, 2020
U of S leads study on service animals for veterans with PTSD
The University of Saskatchewan is leading a program that focuses on helping veterans living with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). It will examine the link between service animals and problematic...
Dec 08, 2019 Dr. Colleen Dell is on the University of Saskatchewan team leading a study on service dogs and veterans with PTSD. (University of Saskatchewan)
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