Labatt's $40M Gift Boosts Mental Health for Kids

0:00It's March 23rd. I'm Corey with The Story, and this is Toronto News Today, Local News Powered by AI. 91-year-old Arthur LeBette, from the famous LeBette Brewing family, just donated $40 million to boost mental health care for kids and teens. The gift targets thriving minds, a joint program between Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children and the Center for Addiction and Mental Health. This funding will create a central online hub to simplify access to services, which are often fragmented with long waits and confusing steps. About 20% of young Canadian space mental health issues, but only one in five gets proper help these days. LeBette has long regretted dropping out of his commerce degree at universities like Western Ontario and McGill, saying no one pushed him to finish. Still, he built a stellar career on bass tree without it. He has deep ties to sick kids from his own toddler days when a doctor there saved him from a serious illness during a family trip. This marks his second major $40 million chunk to the hospital, after gifts for heart

1:03and brain research centers. The prototype system aims for quick triage and shared records with a five to seven year rollout that could spread across Canada and beyond, making care smoother for the next generation.