Top Results For: drug overdoses

Belleville urges provincial aid for new detox center amidst rising drug deaths. Public Health reports 6 more fatalities in 3 weeks. Urgent action needed.

Toronto public health is alerting residents about a recent spike in opioid-related deaths. In a 4-day period last week, the number of people who died of a drug overdose was triple the average this year. This coming as two powerful synthetic opioids are found in the city’s unregulated drug supply. Kayla McLean reports.

Belleville’s police chief says the emergency almost pushed emergency services to the breaking point. Mayor Neil Ellis calls on the province to develop a plan to deal with the ongoing crisis.

Days after Belleville declared a state of emergency over a string of drug overdoses in the city, the local mayor came out today appealing to the province to help build facilities needed in his community. Kayla McLean reports.

A young B.C. girl is speaking out about her personal tragedy, and calling for more supports for grieving families who have lost loved ones to the province’s drug overdose crisis. Cassidy Mosconi reports.

A Nova Scotia woman whose son died from a drug overdose last month is calling for better mental health and addiction support in the province. She says the 26-year-old didn’t receive the care he needed despite attending rehab and reaching out for help on numerous occasions. Skye Bryden-Blom reports.

Speaking in King City, Ont. on Friday, MPP Michael Tibollo addressed the state of emergency in Belleville, Ont., due to drug overdoses, stating that growing and funding supports to deal with addiction is key. Tibollo and Ontario Premier Doug Ford shared the province’s plans on targeting the problem.

Drug use and overdose deaths remain an issue in our province. Clay Young takes us inside the Bruce Oake Recovery Centre, playing a key role in helping men find a path to sobriety.

A mobile overdose prevention site in Winnipeg has seen tens of thousands of visits from people looking to access services or use drugs in a safe setting. Drew Stremick reports on Sunshine House’s report of the site’s first full year in operation.

Oregon is rolling back its groundbreaking drug decriminalization law, following three years of climbing overdoses and fewer people than expected entering treatment. With B.C. now more than a year into its own decriminalization experiment, experts in that state are warning officials here. Paul Johnson has more in the first part of his two-part series.

It is a public health emergency with no end in sight. One day after BC’s chief coroner announced that 2023 was the deadliest year yet for toxic drug overdoses, there are renewed calls for much more to be done to save the growing number of lives being lost in this province, including here in the...

Amid B.C.’s toxic drug crisis, Nanaimo has been dealing with an alarming escalation of overdoses in the city’s downtown core. Kylie Stanton reports.

Peterborough health officials continue to urge caution on the heels of a spike in drug poisonings. Over the weekend, 14 people required EMS or were transported to the emergency department due to overdoses. Robert Lothian has the details.

A memorial service was held Friday for a 15-year-old Montrealer who died of a drug overdose. The teen’s family is devastated and hoping to raise awareness. As Global’s Elizabeth Zogalis reports, Mathis Boivin died in his sleep after taking an opioid that was stronger than fentanyl.

Peterborough Public Health is reporting another deadly year for drug poisonings. In 2023, overdoses in our region rose by 32 per cent. Robert Lothian spoke with those on the frontlines about how to change this trend in 2024.

A Montreal father is on a mission to raise awareness about powerful synthetic opioids after his 15-year-old son died of an overdose. Mathis Boivin died in his bed over the holidays. The family is still grieving but his father and advocates want to focus on prevention and safe drug use.

RCMP issued a concerning warning with new numbers highlighting the increase in fentanyl overdoses in Alberta this year. As Meghan Cobb reports, one of the potential causes could be that the drug is being laced with other drugs, sometimes causing fatal outcomes.

(From Dec. 23, 2023) Alberta’s opioid crisis has proven deadly and drug users and the health system continue to struggle with more and more overdoses. There’s a push to find new ways to battle the addictions problem in Alberta. The Poundmaker’s Lodge Treatment Centres has been helping people recover for 50 years. Sarah Komadina takes...

Amid a rising popularity in drugs like Ozempic being used for weight loss, there are new reports both in Canada and the U.S. that poison control centres are receiving increased calls about what they call overdoses of these medications. Sean Previl reports on what’s being seen and what doctors are saying.

The use of cocaine is increasing in Canada, data shows, amid a growing crisis of drug overdose and substance abuse resulting in deaths and hospitalizations. Naomi Barghiel has the details.