Alberta suicide deaths trend downward despite pandemic, recession

World Suicide Prevention Day this year is being marked amid the COVID-19 pandemic and economic crisis, but provincial data released to CTV news does not show an increase in suicides. Preliminary data from the Alberta Justice, Office of the Chief Medical Examiner shows that so far, suicide deaths in 2020 are trending below the six-year-monthly-average. In July 2015 there were 68 deaths, this past July recorded 42 — data for 2020 is still being compiled as many investigations are still under