Counselling

• Alberta doubles funding for mental health, learning supports in schools

  An additional $40 million will be invested into Albertan elementary schools to support young children as they catch up following the pandemic.

  Education

  Nov 16
  
• Summerland, B.C. sex offender ‘Eddie Spaghetti’ granted day parole

  Edward Casavant, 68, was sentenced in January 2020 to six years in prison less one year for time served.

  Crime

  Sep 28
  
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• Canada to launch 988 mental health crisis hotline in fall 2023. Here’s how it will work

  The CRTC said that calls and texts to 988 will help Canadians in need obtain counselling. It will be available from coast to coast, 24/7, and free of charge.

  Canada

  Aug 31
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• Saskatoon spa helps heal self-harm scars

  A Saskatoon spa is offering physical and emotional support for people who have dealt with self-harm challenges and hope to diminish the visual reminders.

  Canada

  Aug 17
• 13 more victims identified after Sherwood Park man charged with sexual assault: RCMP

  Dean Cherneske, 60, has since been charged with 11 more counts of sexual assault and two counts of sexual interference.

  Crime

  Jun 27
• Counselling support program for Indigenous families uses mixed-healing approach

  Formerly known as Regina Palliative Care Inc., it’s a program that provides counselling services and support to people who have suffered significant death loss.

  Canada

  Jun 24
• Need for mental health services within Saskatchewan LGBTQ2 community continues to rise

  Mental health services helped Stoodley get to where he is today. Many in province are in need of those same services but are left waiting as counsellors struggle to keep up.

  Health

  Jun 7
• Mustard Seed expands wrap-around support services for vulnerable Edmontonians

  'With the opening of our new centre, we're hoping to also provide occupational therapy as well as counselling supports,' said Samantha Lowe with The Mustard Seed.

  Health

  May 5
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• ‘Substantial’ Lethbridge Family Services donation to help reduce counselling wait times

  'Wait times since the beginning of COVID have pretty much doubled, and we've gone to at times needing to triage families, which is absolutely unacceptable.'

  Health

  Jan 28
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• New Calgary mental health clinic aims to fill gap in public system

  Those on the front lines of the mental health crisis insist the system doesn't have the capacity to treat it.. But a revolutionary treatment program vows to make a difference.

  Canada

  Nov 8, 2021