Suicide prevention News
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There's an epidemic that is killing Canadians, with our youth at highest risk, that is completely preventable. Suicide is the second leading cause of death for Canadians 15-24 year olds.
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Journalists, reporters, bloggers, and webmasters can immediately have a positive impact on the worldwide issue of suicide with today being World Suicide Prevention Day.
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Toronto -
The Toronto Transit Commission has approved its plan to build subway suicide barriers, which is aimed at stopping suicides at subway stations. However, the cost will be $690 million.
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The comedy, a huge hit for NBC, recently came under fire from suicide prevention advocates regarding some of its antics from the special Halloween episode.
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 The widow of a Saskatchewan MP who took his own life is pushing for Ottawa to implement a federal suicide prevention plan.
 Despite a coroner's recommendation four years ago to install suicide prevention barriers on five Vancouver area bridges, the province and other bridge authorities say costs, esthetics and questions about their effectiveness have prevented the life-saving upgrades.
Call for more awareness of suicide in young men
Managers at the Federal Air Marshal Service regularly made fun of blacks, Latinos and gays, took taxpayer-paid trips to visit families and vacation spots, and acted like a "bunch of school kid punks," current and former air marshals tell ABC News. One supervisor was even photographed in 2006 asleep on a flight, carrying a loaded pistol, the air marshals said. In interviews to be broadcast tonight on "World News with Diane Sawyer" and "Nightline," the air marshals describe a culture of incompetence, bigotry and sexism on the part of senior managers at some offices that has endured for the last decade and raises questions about the professionalism and performance of the force entrusted with preventing acts of in-flight terrorism.
'Seinfeld' Actor Calls 911 After Suicide Attempt
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