Canada launches 9-8-8 suicide crisis helpline
Canada’s new Suicide Crisis Helpline launched on November 30, making it easier to ask for help when someone is contemplating suicide.
Canada’s new Suicide Crisis Helpline launched on November 30, making it easier to ask for help when someone is contemplating suicide.
Health officials are preparing to fight the expected spread of flu and COVID-19 viruses over the coming winter.
Opioid usage is at one of its highest peaks in Toronto homeless shelters, Toronto Public Health says.
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Growing disturbance over COVID-19 has prompted shelters to adapt to a new reality by limiting services and practising physical distance.
Toronto Public Health has launched an education campaign to prevent accidental consumption of cannabis just months before the legalization of edibles set for October. “We know that kids get into everything,” said Toronto Public Health spokesperson Susan Shepherd, in an email statement to the Toronto Observer.
The Toronto District School Board will begin to train secondary school staff to respond to opioid overdoses. Toronto’s annual opioid toxicity death count has been rising since 2013, with fentanyl and heroin now leading in lives claimed.
East Yorkers looking for respite from the record-breaking temperatures currently blasting the city can pop by the East York Civic Centre for a breath of cold air.