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Premier Kathleen Wynne acknowledged a “day of grieving” while in the capital on the same day a police funeral was held for Ottawa police Staff Sgt. Kal Ghadban. “My thoughts are with his family,” Wynne told reporters at the Ottawa Convention Centre, where she was a keynote speaker at the Canada2020 conference. “I know that […]
MoreFormer Toronto paramedic Vince Savoia has been raising awareness about the mental health of first responders through the Tema Conter Memorial Trust. “Every case is really different,” said Savoia. “I believe, honestly, that it’s an accumulation of issues both at home and at work.” Savoia said Staff Sgt. Kal Ghadban’s death marks the 22nd suicide […]
MoreA high-ranking Ottawa Police officer who exhibited “kindness and warmth” took his own life at Elgin St. headquarters Sunday, the same day cops killed in the line of duty were honoured with a memorial service on Parliament Hill. Sources say Staff Sgt. Kal Ghadban, 43, was found in his office and is believed to have […]
MoreIt’s been seven months since Morgan Richardson lost her sister and best friend. She recently celebrated her 17th birthday and is handling the pressures of being in high school and figuring out where to go to school next — on top of grieving after her sister Daron, 14, took her own life last November. “We […]
MoreSusan Jakobson thought she’d dodged depression. She had made it to her 50s without being affected, even though, it runs in her family, “starting with my grandmother, my mother, sister, her daughter, and even my own daughter.” But three years ago she was diagnosed with breast cancer at the age of 53. Then the depression […]
MoreSEE VIDEO http://www.ottawasun.com/news/ottawa/2011/02/02/17128856.html Less than three months after his daughter took her own life, Ottawa Senators assistant coach and former defenceman Luke Richardson is using personal tragedy to raise awareness about teenage mental illness. His daughter Daron, 14, hanged herself on Nov. 13. More than 5,000 people attended her memorial at Scotiabank Place and Richardson […]
MoreSEE VIDEO http://www.ottawasun.com/news/ottawa/2011/01/14/16894481.html For teenagers like Leo Nuhijaj, juggling responsibilities isn’t easy. “I have basketball, then after basketball I have work, then after work I have to study for my exams and summatives. So it’s really stressful,” Nuhijaj, 16, said. To help stressed out teens, the Youth Services Bureau (YSB) is launching a free mental […]
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