Alberta to Fund Suicide Prevention and Mental Health Programs in Medicine Hat

A man walks past a mural painted as part of the Cities of Hope festival in 2016 and highlighting mental health, in Ancoats, northern Manchester, England, on Oct. 16, 2020. Oli Scarff/AFP via Getty Images

Alberta has announced it will provide funding to the Canadian Mental Health Association’s Medicine Hat chapter to go toward suicide prevention and mental health programs to help those contemplating suicide amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) Alberta Southeast Division will receive over $220,000 to enhance its capability to provide timely access to “suicide prevention information, awareness and training programs” to those who need it.