Agriculture committee  Thanks for the question. Our name is Manitoba Farm, Rural & Northern Support Services. Probably 70% of our calls are from rural Manitobans. We are a provincial service. We are open from Monday to Friday,10 a.m. to 9 p.m., according to the budget that we have. We offer both

Agriculture committee  The models are out there. Crisis Services Canada with their national suicide prevention service is doing some great work around suicide prevention, utilizing a model whereby calls and chats come into one central base and then are routed to the first available service in their n

Agriculture committee  Thank you for the opportunity to speak to you today. My name is Janet Smith. I'm the program manager with the Manitoba Farm, Rural & Northern Support Services. With me is Kim Hyndman-Moffat, a counsellor and trainer with our program. Together, we hope to provide the standin