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Pa ge 2 2 T hu rs da y, Ju ly 2 , 2 01 5 - T he IF P - H al to n H ill s - w w w .th ei fp .c a 905-877-8888 118 Mill Street Unit 101 Georgetown, Ontario L7G 2C5 ♦ Treatment ♦ Counseling ♦ Support "I can see changes in people very quickly after they start on the program. In two or three weeks, their faces are brighter, their mood is better, they are turning their lives around" COVERED BY OHIP COVERED Help is available. Call Today! Georgetown Pharmacy www.georgetownpharmacy.ca Angelo Dias Pharmacy Manager 905-877-8888 angelo@georgetownpharmacy.ca 118 Mill Street, Unit 101 Georgetown ON L7G 2C5 Monday to Friday 9:00am to 7:00pm Saturday 9:00am to 4:00pm Sundays and Holidays 10:00am to 2:00pm Teen earns commendation for preventing a suicide A Georgetown teenager who prevented a man's suicide just days after the death of his brother in a fire was recognized for his quick thinking with an award recently by the Halton Regional Police Ser- vice. Cameron Boyer, now 16, was walking home just before midnight on March 20, 2014 after an evening out with friends. Just a few doors down from his residence, Boyer noticed that a car was idling in the driveway with a man sitting in the driver's seat and a hose fixed from the exhaust pipe leading back into the in- side of the vehicle through one of the windows left slightly open. "I noticed that the car was running and as I kept walking I figured out what he was trying to do," Boyer recalled. "I was super nervous the whole time. I remem- ber nearly losing my shoe running home as quickly as I could because my cellphone battery died. A lot of people ask me why I didn't just pull the hose out or knocked on the guy's window, but I heard sto- ries before about people being prepared for that sort of stuff, so I thought it would be better to run home and call the police." Boyer's mother Linda was waiting up for her son and immediately called 9-1-1 when told of the suicide attempt and the dispatcher then spoke with Cameron to get some more details. An offi- cer visited the Boyer home a couple of hours later to inform them that Cameron's actions saved the man's life and that the victim had been taken to hospital for psychiatric assessment. At the time of the incident, Cameron was cop- By Eamonn Maher emaher@theifp.ca Georgetown resident Cameron Boyer is pre- sented with the Chief's Commendation Award by Halton Regional Police Community Policing Support Services Deputy Chief Bob Percy. Submitted photo Continued on page 23