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ALPENGLOW OVER HILLTOP HOUSE: A spectacular view greeted early morning risers at Squamish Hospital and Hilltop House last Thursday.
AFTER LOSING DAUGHTER, LOCAL MOM REINTRODUCES SAFE CARE ACT
Brenda Doherty and MLA Jordan Sturdy unveil bill intended to protect minors struggling with mental health and addiction challenges ANDREW HUGHES ahughes@squamishchief.com
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he lost her daughter to a fentanyl overdose. Now Squamish mom Brenda Doherty hopes a newly reintroduced bill,
dubbed the Safe Care Act, will prevent that from happening again. On March 5, Doherty joined local MLA Jordan Sturdy in B.C.’s legislative assembly to introduce the Safe Care Act. It intends to give parents and some authorities the ability to
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hold a child who is facing serious harm due to addiction and mental illness. This latest version of the bill is informed by the experience of Doherty’s 15-year-old daughter, Steffanie Georgina-Anne Lawrence, who died over six years ago.
Lawrence was admitted to the emergency department of Lions Gate Hospital by the police on Jan. 20, 2018, but was discharged and Doherty was not informed. Lawrence SAFE CARE ACT: Continued on 5
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