Wednesday, November 20, 2013

Manitoba child-welfare system seeing younger suicides: advocate's report

Manitoba child-welfare system seeing younger suicides: advocate's report

Manitoba children appear to be taking their own lives at a younger and younger age and the government may have to refocus its suicide-prevention programs, says children's advocate Darlene MacDonald.
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There were 17 suicides among young people in the 2012-13 fiscal year. Eleven involved kids in the province's child-welfare system. Four were just 12 years old, the report said.

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