Campaign to raise awareness for first responder mental health across Canada
For Canada’s first responders, witnessing the unthinkable is part of the job. But what’s often unseen is what they carry...
Mental Health
New Brunswick crisis phone line to close, woman says service saved her life
A New Brunswick crisis hotline has announced its scheduled closure. For one woman — who said the hotline saved her...
Former Humboldt Bronco raises awareness about mental health ahead of crash anniversary
Former Humboldt Bronco turned mental health advocate, Tyler Smith, took to the stage on Thursday to talk about mental health...
New guidance lays out when B.C. doctors can and can’t use involuntary treatment
The new guidance is meant to inform healthcare providers on the circumstances under which the Mental Health Act can be...
Stabbing of 6-year-old boy in Halifax puts focus on mental health support in N.S.
The recent attack on a six-year-old in Halifax is raising questions about mental health support in Nova Scotia and highlighting...
Mental health care for rural Black people in N.S. lacking, year after Desmond report
A lack of mental health care tailored to rural Black Nova Scotians is one of several problems yet to be properly addressed...
Nova Scotia to cover therapy costs for patients with mood, anxiety disorders
Nova Scotians will be able to self-refer to a program for therapy from master's-level social workers, psychologists and registered counselling...
B.C. ‘full speed ahead’ on involuntary care, aims to open 2 facilities by spring
Speaking Tuesday, Eby said facilities at the Surrey Pretrial Centre and at the Alouette Correctional Facility in Maple Ridge will...
Halton Healthcare begins writing prescriptions for nature for patients
PaRx is an initiative of the BC Parks Foundation and bills itself as 'Canada's national, evidence-based nature prescription program' on...
B.C. family outraged at man with Stage-4 cancer’s 14-hour ER wait, discharge
Melissa McIntyre's husband Cory has Stage-4 colon cancer and continues to fight the disease despite being given just months to...
