Spread the word of 988 to save a life

Having a place like the new national suicide crisis help line, 988, where you can call or text when your mind is a desperate inner hell will be akin to providing immediate CPR to a person in cardiac arrest.

Unfortunately, the 988 system will be well used amid tougher economic circumstances, global strife, rising hate, climate worries, and a litany of other things that challenge our mental wellness, writes Tim Powers.Unsplash photograph by Dustin Belt

Opinion

BY TIM POWERS

December 6, 2023

OTTAWA—In this column and in other places in this fine platform, we are often critical, cynical, even occasionally jaded. Sarcasm even creeps in from time to time. But today is mostly about sunshine.

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