Today marks the first day of Substance Use Awareness Week in Manitoba. Bernadette Smith, Manitoba’s minister of housing, addictions and homelessness, and minister responsible for mental health, cited that Manitoba saw over 400 mental health and addictions-related deaths last year. “We can do better, and
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Manitoba addictions and mental health services struggling to keep up – Winnipeg
Marian Goldstone remembers a time when everything felt hopeless. “I didn’t realize how it was creeping up on me,” the Brandon, Man. resident said. Goldstone was in her late 40s when she started experiencing symptoms of mental illness. For 11 years, Goldstone couldn’t work or
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