Advocate “horrified” by troubling new report showing dramatic 40% jump in youth suicide in Manitoba

 By Dave Baxter  Local Journalism Initiative Reporter A troubling new report shows that more youth in Manitoba took their lives by suicide last calendar year than in any other year on record, and that youth suicides in this province have jumped by more than 40% in a single year. “My first reaction was that I was horrified when I saw what was in this report,” Sherry Gott, Manitoba’s advocate for children and youth said on Monday. “It shows that we have a mental health crisis in this province, and because of that crisis we are now dealing with a suicide crisis.” The Manitoba Advocate for Children and Youth (MACY) annual report was released on Friday, and shows that 37 Manitobans under the age of 21 died by suicide between April…

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