It's a subject most of us don't like to talk about. But you probably know someone who's been affected by suicide. Police officers are often the ones first on the scene, thrown into the role of social worker, in the middle of the night, with a life in the balance. And for families, it is a tragedy hard to fathom.

It's one of Halifax metro's toughest and poorest places. The numbers tell the tale. But it's not just the darkest part of the "dark side." There's hope here too. A multimedia tour of North Dartmouth.

Pinecrest-Highfield Park has some of the highest crime rates and lowest incomes anywhere in metro Halifax. People are packed in more tightly here than almost anywhere else. It might have been different, but urban planners got this one wrong. It's a neighbourhood that was designed to fail.