EDMONTON—Strips of bright yellow police tape cordoned off the entrance of the Alberta legislature Monday afternoon after a person died by suicide on the building’s front steps. A police spokesperson declined to provide more details, calling it a “non-criminal” incident, but a member of legislature security informed reporters that there had been a suicide. At roughly 3:30 p.m., the body, located two steps from the bottom of the front stairs, was covered by a pink blanket. Find a list of local crisis centres at the Canadian Association for Suicide Prevention. Or call 911 or in Alberta, call Health Link at 811 or the Mental Health Help Line at 1-877-303-2642, available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Source: thestar December 02, 2019 23:26 UTC