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Suicide awareness campaign honours young man's memory

Friends and family members of a Pembroke, Ont., man who took his own life are using his pickup truck to engage the communities in Renfrew County, just west of Ottawa, on the subject of suicide.

Alex Clarke, 18, of Pembroke, Ont., committed suicide earlier this summer

Alex's truck to take another ride

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Friends and family of young man who took his own life are using his pick-up truck to raise awareness about mental health.

Friends and family members of a young man from Renfrew County who took his own life are using his pickup truck to engage the community on the subject of suicide.

As Steve Fischer reports in the video above, the campaign comes at a time when young people in the community have had a difficult time dealing with the death, which happened earlier this summer.

Suicide prevention

These are some groups that provide support to youth: