Recipients of the Saskatchewan Protective Services Medal were honoured by Lieutenant Governor Bernadette McIntyre and Provincial Secretary Jamie Martens during a ceremony in Saskatoon on Thursday.

The medal is given to people who have 25 or more years of exemplary services in Saskatchewan in the protective services including police, fire, federal and provincial corrections, border services, RCMP, the Canadian Armed Forces, as well as mobile crisis and family violence outreach services.

Along with the ceremony in Saskatoon, two medal ceremonies were held in Regina on October 8th. 149 people will receive a medal this year.