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Crisis Centre for Northern BC seeing a surge in calls

The Crisis Centre for Northern BC has experienced a 30% spike in calls since the coronavirus pandemic took flight.

Last year, the Crisis Centre eclipsed over 10-thousand calls and Executive Director, Sandra Boulianne told MyPGNow.com they easily expect to surpass that number this year.

“We’re anticipating that will increase this year because of what’s going on with COVID and the staff is putting aside its administrative tasks so that we can be on the phone lines as well.”

She added the closures and reduction of services can cause additional anxiety for residents, and getting them in a better frame of mind is important.

“We want to empower people, maybe someone is stressed out because they can’t go out and some of the conveniences or the important resources are not available, we’ll brainstorm with that person.”

Boulianne also talked about her own struggles during the pandemic.

“Just even reading the news every day, I feel a little stressed out so I’ve had to limit myself from constantly checking and looking at the numbers so that I can stay focused and calm on the job that we have to do here.”

She adds mental health issues are brought into the spotlight, even more, when a crisis like this happens.

“Things are maybe magnified. If somebody is already struggling with anxiety or depression, seeing all this bad news, death totals and increases in COVUD cases can only make that worse.”

The Northern BC Crisis Line is 1-250-563-1214 or toll-free at 1-888-562-1214.

The service is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

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Brendan Pawliw
Brendan Pawliw
Since moving to Prince George in 2015, Brendan has covered local sports including the WHL’s Prince George Cougars, Prince George Spruce Kings, UNBC Timberwolves, Cariboo Cougars AAA, and Northern Capitals U18 female hockey teams. Career highlights include play-by-play during the Spruce Kings' BCHL championship runs in 2018 and 2019, including the Doyle Cup win. He also covered the 2019 National Junior A Championship, the 2017 Telus Cup, the 2022 World Women’s Curling Championship, and the 2022 BC Summer Games. Brendan is the news voice on 94.3 The Goat and Country 97 FM, reporting on crime, real estate, labour, and environmental issues. Outside of work, he officiates box lacrosse and fastball, sits on the Prince George Sports Hall of Fame board, and co-hosts the Hockey North podcast.

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