‘It’s designed for people who don’t really know what they want to do or don’t really know what they can do’ Sheehan Desjardins · CBC News · Posted: Jun 14, 2021 6:00 AM AT | Last Updated: June 14 For years a charity in […]
Nova Scotia’s Ledgehill Treatment and Recovery Centre says separate facilities help everyone get sober Jon Tattrie · CBC News · Posted: Jun 14, 2021 6:00 AM AT | Last Updated: June 14 The photo gallery for Nova Scotia’s Ledgehill Treatment and Recovery Centre showed […]
Officers will be able to talk with a nurse by phone to assist with people in crisis Scott Larson · CBC News · Posted: Jun 10, 2021 11:59 AM CT | Last Updated: June 11 Saskatchewan RCMP will now be able to get help […]
‘Serious’ shortage of staff is jeopardizing patient safety and doctors’ mental health, doctors say CBC News · Posted: Jun 21, 2021 1:37 PM AT | Last Updated: June 22 Horizon Health Network will be closing the emergency room at the Oromocto Public Hospital six hours earlier […]
By Carolyn Kury de Castillo Global News A group of volunteers took to the streets of Calgary’s Beltline community on Saturday to clean the area and offer outreach services. Jessica Kennedy has been sober for nearly two years. The Calgary woman’s battle […]
By Saba Aziz Global News Canadian Olympic champion Alexander Kopacz is no stranger to media attention. While the 31-year-old former bobsledder enjoyed the spotlight during his athletic career, he felt there were times when there was no escape. “Virtually, there was no option. You […]
By Megan Turcato Global News Currently, RCMP members in the Okanagan are often being called to respond to mental health events. The Vernon/North Okanagan detachment says its members were involved in at least 287 mental health responses in the first four months […]
By Annabelle Olivier Global News The stress of isolation and self-distancing and the worry brought on by the cororonavirus pandemic is starting to take its toll on the mental health of Quebecers. “In the beginning, people were able to tolerate it, but as confinement […]
‘It’s very much a pull-yourself-up-by-the-bootstraps kind of mentality,’ says David Newcombe Erin Pottie · CBC News · Posted: May 11, 2021 6:00 AM AT | Last Updated: May 11 For farmers, a great deal of stress and anxiety comes at certain times of the […]
By Thomas Piller Global News With roughly half of arrests involving drugs or alcohol intoxication, police have teamed up with paramedics to address addiction issues in Prince Albert, Sask. The partnership with Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) offers health-care intervention — particularly support to stabilize […]