{"id":29214,"date":"2021-04-29T13:42:45","date_gmt":"2021-04-29T17:42:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=29214"},"modified":"2021-04-29T13:45:41","modified_gmt":"2021-04-29T17:45:41","slug":"three-digit-suicide-and-crisis-hotline-endorsed-by-council","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/three-digit-suicide-and-crisis-hotline-endorsed-by-council\/","title":{"rendered":"Three-digit suicide and crisis hotline endorsed by Council"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Aurora has joined calls for a three-digit nation-wide suicide and crisis prevention hotline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This week, Council is set to formally endorse calls to designate 9-8-8 as a hotline for individuals in crisis after giving the thumbs-up to a motion from the Town of Caledon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Council unanimously voted in favour of endorsing Caledon\u2019s motion, which says the three-digit line would \u201censure critical barriers are removed to those in crisis and seeking help.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The motion was forwarded to Aurora by Caledon Mayor Allan Thompson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Caledon\u2019s resolution notes the COVID-19 pandemic has \u201cincreased the demand for suicide prevention services by 200 per cent\u201d and that suicide prevention lines \u201crequire the user to remember a 10-digit number and go through directions or be placed on hold.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIn 2022, the United States will have in place a national 9-8-8 crisis hotline,\u201d said Mayor Thompson. \u201cThe Town of Caledon recognized that it is a significant and important initiative to ensure critical barriers are removed to those in crisis and seeking help. Caledon endorses this 9-8-8 crisis line initiative.\u201d
Adopting 9-8-8 for this purpose is an initiative that has already seen traction in Ottawa, backed by a number of MPs including Dufferin-Caledon\u2019s Kyle Seeback who helped bring the matter forward earlier this year with British Columbia MP Todd Doherty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNow, more than ever, the mental health of Canadians is being tested,\u201d said Doherty at the time. \u201cIncreased isolation and heightened anxiety have led to higher rates of alcohol and substance abuse. Reports [of] domestic violence have gone up and we are seeing elevated levels of suicidal ideation and crises. First Nations communities across Canada continue to battle a growing suicide crisis.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Added Seeback: \u201cI myself have had serious bouts with depression over the years. I thought this was something to definitely try to get behind. I have been very fortunate in my life. I\u2019ve had good friends, family, and the ability to speak to people when I needed to.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some people, however, have not been as fortunate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Until a three-digit hotline is in place, resources are still available if you are in crisis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Crisis Services Canada can be contacted at 1-833-456-4566.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Brock Weir<\/strong>
Editor
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

With files from Alyssa Parkhill<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\r\n\"Facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"mail\"<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Aurora has joined calls for a three-digit nation-wide suicide and crisis prevention hotline. This week, Council is set to formally endorse calls to designate 9-8-8 as a hotline for individuals in crisis after giving the thumbs-up to a motion from the Town of Caledon. Council unanimously voted in favour of endorsing Caledon\u2019s motion, which says […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29214","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general_news","category-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3D2k4-7Bc","publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-20 10:27:38","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29214","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29214"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29214\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29214"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}