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More Nova Scotians than ever before died by suicide last year. According to data from the provincial government, 155 Nova Scotians died by suicide in 2022, up from 142 the year before.
A few dozen people gathered outside Her Majesty's Penitentiary jail to demand better mental health care for inmates in Newfoundland and Labrador, in St. John's on Oct. 9, 2021.