Nationwide 3-digit suicide prevention hotline launching next year, CRTC says (1.Viewing)

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/988-suicide-prevention-hotline-launching-2023-1.6568016

The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) said it will use 988 as the hotline's number — the same three digits adopted for a similar hotline in the United States that launched in July.

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Noticed that 988.ca is registered and pointing to a Namespro "For Sale" page so it's probably owned by a domainer.

Will be interesting to see what happens with the domain

Somehow I doubt anything will happen with the domain, but that's because 911.ca isn't being used that way and is for sale at Dan. I could be wrong tho. These are meant to be emergency phone numbers and not emergency websites, but it wouldn't be a bad idea to have both since it's possible someone might only have access to internet and not a phone.

Here's some fun facts about 911:

In March 1973, the White House telecommunications department tabled a national policy encouraging the use of 911 everywhere in the United States. Canada adopted 911 in 1972, and the first city to implement the system was London, Ontario, in 1974.

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History - Service de Police de la Ville de Montréal - SPVM

Esdiel said:

911.ca isn't being used that way and is for sale at Dan

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I remember making an offer on that one, I had a project in mind for it.

Looks like 911.ca is owned by the McKay Brothers.

They were discussed here at:

SOLD.ca - used by a realtor

I’m guessing they don’t sell cheap so would love to know what kind of price they want for 911.ca.

988 as a website makes a LOT more sense than 911, as then people could chat, receive messages, etc. on their phone or laptop, which is preferable for most people than to use than an audio phone.

A website is a lot more interactive and would better serve the majority of these situations, which usually originate from younger people.

Nafti said:

I’m guessing they don’t sell cheap so would love to know what kind of price they want for 911.ca.

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If memory serves me correctly it was 75k a number of years back.