Chiefs concerned about mental health impacts of COVID-19 in their First Nations

OTTAWA — A few months before the novel coronavirus arrived in Canada, the Makwa Sahgaiehcan First Nation at Loon Lake, Sask. was already raising the alarm over suicides in the community, about 360 kilometres northwest of Saskatoon.The First Nation declared a state of crisis in mid-November 2019 after three deaths by suicide occurred over three weeks, including a 10-year-old … Continue reading Chiefs concerned about mental health impacts of COVID-19 in their First Nations