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Double suicide

What a tragedy—the bodies of two teen boys in Quebec were found in a field. The had apparently made a suicide pact, and either shot each other or shot themselves. Their school had a suicide prevention program in place for 23 years.

Here's the sentence I find strangest in the whole article (emphasis mine):

On the first day of school, normally a day filled with optimism, principal Gilles Charest, staff and teachers at Bousquet and Peland's school had to tackle the difficult subject of suicide.

Wow. Canada really is a different country.

Quebec teens' deaths likely result of suicide pact

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Liz Spikol is senior contributing editor of Philadelphia Weekly. She writes the award-winning column The Trouble With Spikol, which began as a chronicle of her struggle with mental illness, and has since expanded into humorous musings on everything from graphic novels to how to use a mop. She also writes the paper's book review column, Lit Gloss. This blog -- named one of the Top 10 Bipolar Blogs of 2007 by PsychCentral -- is about mental illness policy, news, personal journeys and more.