Wapekeka First Nation feared suicide pact, says they were denied help – Thestar.com
’We lose children literally every single day due to lack of services,’ says NDP MP Charlie Angus
One of the last postings made on Facebook by a 12-year-old Wapekeka First Nation girl who took her life this month was a graphic poster that said, “Wake up, pretend I’m okay, sleep.”
Jolynn Winter committed suicide on Jan. 8, a Sunday. She was followed two days later by her 12-year-old friend Chantell Fox, who left behind a twin sister.
“I let my girl down,” Keri Cutfeet, Jolynn Winter’s father, said in a statement released Wednesday.
