Released on November 12, 2015
Today in Saskatoon, Provincial Secretary Nadine Wilson joined Lieutenant Governor Vaughn Solomon Schofield to honour the newest recipients of the Saskatchewan Protective Services Medal.
“This medal celebrates their quarter century of service to their communities and to the people of this great province,” Wilson said. “It is a way for us to salute our first responders and our public protective service providers.”
Established in 2003, the medal recognizes those with 25 years or more of exemplary service protecting Saskatchewan people or their property. It can either be in a volunteer or a full-time capacity. Recipients vary and can include firefighters, police officers, corrections workers, Canadian Armed Forces members, RCMP, conservation officers, deputy sheriffs, Canada Border Services Agency officers and emergency medical responders.
Recipients receive a circular medal surmounted by the St. Edward's Crown. It bears a shield with a lion on a stylized western red lily and the motto Qui civitatem tuentur (who guard the citizenry). It is suspended from a ribbon of green with two narrow gold stripes, the provincial colours.
For more information, visit www.saskatchewan.ca/honoursawards, and click the link to the Saskatchewan Protective Services Medal.
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For more information, contact:
Dan Palmer
Intergovernmental Affairs
Regina
Phone: 306-787-2155
Email: dan.palmer@gov.sk.ca