Suicide vigil in Toronto to continue until group sees concrete action from Ottawa
A small group of people have been holding a vigil for almost a month now in front of the office of Indigenous Affairs in Toronto.
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Nunavut government promises $35-million to battle suicide in the territory
In 2015, the premier of Nunavut declared a state of emergency over the high rate of suicide in the territory
Remote Ontario First Nation declares state of emergency, calls for Canadian Rangers to help
The Canadian Press Grief-stricken members of a remote northern Ontario community were still struggling to…
Wapekeka child texted her friend ‘goodbye’ and then was gone
Wapekeka girl who died by suicide had therapy stopped early says official.
Distraught Innu leader issues poignant plea for troubled youth after son’s death
One of Labrador’s most outspoken Indigenous leaders buried his 16-year-old son last week. Simeon Tshakapesh, deputy grand chief of the Innu Nation, says his boy, Thunderheart, took his own life May 24 after two years of treatment for solvent abuse – much of which took place far from his home in Natuashish.
Discrimination against two spirit Indigenous people linked to suicide crisis
Ojibwa- Cree elder Ma-Nee Chacaby says coming out nearly 30 years ago was like unzipping her skin so she could reveal her true self.
