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By Nora O’Malley, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Ha-Shilth-Sa \u00a0British Columbia \u2013 This past summer, a 14-year-old boy hung himself in the rural First Nations community of Pacheedaht on the southwest coast of Vancouver Island. \u201cIt was the saddest, saddest thing ever,\u201d said Pacheedaht Chief Councillor Arliss Jones. \u201cHe was just an innocent little kid. The youth are still really hurt about him.\u201d Suicide deaths in Pacheedaht are high, says Jones. It\u2019s a grim reality many Indigenous (First Nations\/M\u00e9tis\/Inuit) communities in British Columbia face; a new B.C. coroner panel report shows Indigenous youth and young adults are disproportionately overrepresented among those who die by suicide in B.C. The report, Creating Connection, Supporting Strengths: A Review of Youth and Young Adult Deaths by Suicide In British Columbia, 2019-2023, found the rate of… <\/p>\n

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By Nora O’Malley, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Ha-Shilth-Sa \u00a0British Columbia \u2013 This past summer, a 14-year-old boy hung himself in the rural First Nations community of Pacheedaht on the southwest coast of Vancouver Island. \u201cIt was the saddest, saddest thing ever,\u201d said Pacheedaht Chief Councillor Arliss Jones. \u201cHe was just an innocent little kid. The youth are still really hurt about him.\u201d Suicide deaths in Pacheedaht are high, says Jones. It\u2019s a grim reality many Indigenous (First Nations\/M\u00e9tis\/Inuit) communities in British Columbia face; a new B.C. coroner panel report shows Indigenous youth and young adults are disproportionately overrepresented among those who die by suicide in B.C. The report, Creating Connection, Supporting Strengths: A Review of Youth and Young Adult Deaths by Suicide In British Columbia, 2019-2023, found the rate of... <\/p>\n

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