Building suicide barriers on buildings and bridges seems like a good idea, but a new study finds that such obstacles may not have an effect on an area’s rate of suicide by jumping from heights.

Suicide barriers on bridges might not reduce overall suicide rates by jumping from heights, as people may change location for their suicide attempt, according to a new study published on bmj.com today ...

The costly barrier added to Toronto’s Bloor Street Viaduct has not reduced the city’s overall suicide rate, according to a study published in the British Medical Journal. “Although the barrier ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A suicide barrier at Bloor Street Viaduct in Toronto, from which at least 400 people have leapt to their death, might have served only to make jumpers go elsewhere, ...

To the editor:No surprise here.A new study published in the British Medical Journal now tells us what was obvious before city council spent $6 million of our tax dollars and ruined one of Toronto’s ...

The city is eyeing a quick fix for the award-winning artwork illuminating the Bloor Street Viaduct in time for next year’s World Cup — and a multimillion-dollar overhaul to further extend the life of ...

A new study suggests a barrier erected on a Toronto overpass that was once the second-most frequented bridge for suicides in North America is serving its purpose. The study from Sunnybrook Hospital, ...

The Luminous Veil will become luminous in time for the Pan Am Games, after Toronto’s Executive Committee voted in favour of finishing the prominent suicide barrier along the Bloor viaduct with lights, ...

A 50-year old man has died in hospital after a crash involving an e-scooter on the Bloor Viaduct on Thursday evening.

Haley Mast is a freelance writer, fact-checker, and small organic farmer in the Columbia River Gorge. She enjoys gardening, reporting on environmental topics, and spending her time outside ...