First Nations Leaders Hold Emergency Meeting in Ottawa on Mental-Health Crisis

Nishnawbe Aski Nation Grand Chief Alvin Fiddler, (C) looks on during a town hall question-and-answer event with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, not seen, in Thunder Bay, Ont., on March 22, 2019. The Canadian Press/David Jackson

First Nations leaders are holding an emergency meeting in Ottawa on Jan. 24 to discuss a mental-health crisis they warn could get even worse without government help.

Nishnawbe Aski Nation says there has been an alarming spate of suicides and suicide attempts in the northern Ontario First Nations it represents.