Mental Distress

• N.B. RCMP asks for independent agency to review officers’ actions in shooting incident

  Members of the RCMP responded to a report of a person in mental distress with a weapon outside a home on Ross Avenue.

  Crime

  Sep 16, 2021
  
• Young, anglophone men among those in most mental distress due to pandemic in Montreal: survey

  A new survey into the mental health of Quebec men during the pandemic finds young people, those with low incomes and anglophones are among those hardest hit.

  Health

  May 12, 2021
  
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• Saskatoon police use Taser to disarm woman ‘in extreme mental distress’

  A Saskatoon police officer used a Taser on a young woman they say was in mental distress and refused to drop a hatchet early Sunday morning.

  Canada

  Aug 2, 2020
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• Kelowna, B.C., nursing student sues RCMP for alleged assault during wellness check

  A UBC Okanagan nursing student has filed a civil claim against the RCMP for how she was allegedly treated by Const. Lacy Browning.

  Jun 23, 2020
• Tess Richey’s family sues killer, Toronto police over mental distress caused by her death

  Months after a Toronto man was convicted of sexually assaulting and killing Tess Richey, the young woman's family is suing him, police and others over the psychological devastation they suffered as a result of her death.

  Crime

  Jun 10, 2020