Mental Health Supports
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Report finds Alberta’s ‘fly-in, fly-out’ oilsands workers face significant stress, reluctant to seek helpA report looking at the mental health of "fly-in, fly-out" workers employed in Alberta's oilsands suggests more needs to be done to help employees deal with significant stress.CanadaOct 26, 2021
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Mental health a focus with Lethbridge students heading back to classroomsIn less than a week, Lethbridge schools will welcome back students to in-person learning.EducationAug 25, 2021
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NDP calls on Alberta government to create mental health supports for farmersThe Alberta NDP is calling on the provincial government to provide more mental health supports for farmers.HealthAug 12, 2021
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New ‘Be SaskWell’ text-based service helping people with mental health post COVID-19 restrictionsAs the province and country continue to fully reopen -- a new Saskatchewan text-based service wants people to know there are numerous mental health supports available to them.HealthJul 19, 2021
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Domestic violence supports in Alberta seeing more requests for services during COVID-19 pandemicWomen continue to seek shelter from domestic violence, but the COVID-19 pandemic is limiting the number of people allowed in shelters.NewsMay 20, 2021
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‘Anxiety and depression are increasing’: Alberta doctor sees spike in mental health visitsA Calgary family physician says he is seeing as many as 12 patients a day suffering with mental health challenges when he used to see just one or two a day in 2019.HealthFeb 6, 2021
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‘I’ve been there at the abyss’: UBC president shares personal mental health journey"I've been there at the abyss and I'm still standing thanks to luck and people who took care of me, and so so my message is to reach out to others," said Santa Ono.Aug 28, 2019
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‘They don’t have to do a lot to do well’: expert on Saskatchewan governmentThe New Democrats have said they will continue to press the Saskatchewan Party government on how it handled several contentious developments, including plans for Brandt Industries to move into Regina's Wascana Centre.CanadaMar 3, 2019
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Students still dealing with mental illness after 2016 Fort McMurray fires: studyAn Alberta psychiatrist says the mental health supports brought in after the Fort McMurray wildfires of May 2016 haven't done enough to help students.HealthJan 26, 2019
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Saskatoon sees rise in street violence: policeSaskatoon police said an uptick in crime during the summer months is normal, but what they’re seeing recently is anything but.CrimeAug 3, 2018
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