Cowichan council member Chuck Seymour, right, pauses for a moment during a news conference in the Cowichan First Nation of Duncan, B.C. Monday. The Cowichan Tribes declared a state of emergency Monday due to the recent spike in suicides and suicide attempts among their community.
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