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Surge in overnight calls to Kids Help Phone ‘a canary in the coal mine’: CEO

Global News Health · August 11, 2026 at 6:25 p.m.

Surge in overnight calls to Kids Help Phone ‘a canary in the coal mine’: CEO

Requests via text in the evening and overnight hours are 183 per cent higher than those received during the day, Kids Help Phone said.

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