Kids Help Phone

• Canada Life announces $1 million donation to Kids Help Phone

  The donation, part of a 30-year partnership between Canada Life and Kids Help Phone, will help get more crisis responders trained for the texting service.

  Canada

  Jan 12, 2024
  
• Saskatchewan Roughriders introduce new mental health initiative for Sask. youth

  The Game Changers Playbook is meant to allow kids to have an easily accessible resource they can turn to for mental health help and find out what they can do to help others.

  Health

  Oct 13, 2022
  
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• Edmonton Oil Kings’ Luke Prokop wins WHL humanitarian award for pushing for inclusion in hockey

  Edmonton Oil Kings defenceman Luke Prokop was named the winner of the WHL's humanitarian award on Wednesday night.

  Canada

  Jun 1, 2022
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• More Nova Scotians died by suicide in 2021 than ever before: province

  The deaths of 142 Nova Scotians in 2021 were ruled suicide by the province's medical examiner. That number is up from 2020 but similar to years prior.

  Canada

  May 26, 2022
• Sask. government supplying $225K to Kids Help Phone

  The provincial government is providing $225,000 over the next three years to Kids Help Phone to support mental health supports for students.

  Health

  Aug 31, 2021
• Parents should be open about back-to-school uncertainties: expert

  With kids heading back to school in only a few days' time, one expert suggests parents shouldn't try to hide their own anxieties.

  Health

  Sep 3, 2020
• ‘Deeply disturbing statistics’ show COVID-19 is hurting kids’ safety: report

  In its new report, Children First Canada describes the ways the COVID-19 pandemic is negatively impacting children across the country. 

  Canada

  Sep 1, 2020
• Okanagan Highland Dancers join dance-a-thon fundraiser

  "This year is our first year doing it and we decided to do it in order to give back especially because the demand for the food bank and the kids help phone has been extreme this year."

  Aug 3, 2020
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• Kids Help Phone calls for back up amid record demand — and Canadians respond

  Facing unprecedented demand, Kids Help Phone called for back up, asking ordinary Canadians to volunteer to provide support anonymously over text message. The response was overwhelming.

  Jun 28, 2020
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• Come and he Will Sing You: Alan Doyle launches Facebook Live series for Kids Help Phone

  Doyle is hosting a Facebook Live series of tunes that raises donations for Kids Help Phone through his A Dollar A Day platform.

  Entertainment

  Mar 26, 2020