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A New Brunswick farmer says his corn isn’t fit to sell at his farm stand because of the impacts of an ongoing drought. New Brunswick’s capital city is looking to carve out one of the largest expansions in city services in its history.

The family of Ryan Booker is speaking out following the Saskatchewan Coroners Service’s public inquest into the 26-year-old’s death in 2022. Sarah Jones spoke with those who believe more could have been done.

According to the B.C. Coroners Service, more than 165 British Columbians lost their lives to toxic drugs in the month of April 2025.

B.C.’s new chief coroner is calling for a more strategic approach to the province’s overdose crisis and other preventable deaths, including intimate partner violence. It’s a move supported by Battered Women’s Support Services. We speak with Executive Director Angela Marie MacDougall about possible reforms

B.C.’s toxic drug supply claimed the lives of 155 people in October. That’s the lowest monthly number since September of 2020 and works out to roughly 5 deaths a day. However, the B.C. Coroners Service warns the risk of harm and death is still high.

The B.C. Coroners Service says on average 6 people died each day in August and September from toxic drugs.

A new report from the BC Coroner’s Service finds that the number of women and girls dying in the toxic drug crisis is up 60% from four years ago. Global News Morning speaks with BCCSU Research Scientist Jade Boyd about the rising numbers.

Overdose rates are down in 2024 compared to 2023, but the Saskatchewan Coroners Service is now keeping track and reporting on a drug that’s been around for decades.

New data from the British Columbia Coroners Service shows year-over-year drug deaths were down every month so far this year, but 192 people still died in July due to unregulated drug toxicity. As Julia Foy reports, it comes as two people died in a suspected group overdose on Vancouver Island.

A two-seat homebuilt plane crashed in Merritt on Sunday night, killing both the pilot and a passenger. Merritt RCMP said the plane crash, about two kilometres north of the Merritt Airport, east of Highway 5A, was reported at about 7 p.m. Both the pilot and passenger of the two-seat homebuilt amphibious aircraft were found dead...

Montreal’s bike-sharing service has opened its first “Carrefour BIXI.” It’s a bicycle repair shop next to a large docking station, serving to decentralize maintenance and repair services so that bikes can get back on the roads more quickly. Global’s Matilda Cerone has the details.

Cooling centres have been opened and the warnings have been issued to look out for those vulnerable to the latest heat wave. That comes as the B.C. Coroners Service releases more details about those who perished from the heat-related emergency at the end of June.

Data from the Saskatchewan Coroner’s Service showing climbing overdose deaths in Saskatchewan is renewing calls for more safe consumption sites in the province.

Chief coroner Lisa Lapointe addressed a press conference on Thursday after the B.C. Coroners Service found 201 people died from suspected illicit drug toxicity overdoses in October, the deadliest month on record for the province.

New Westminster police confirm Mak Parhar, the New Westminster man who gained online notoriety for his belief the earth is flat and outspoken denial that COVID-19 exists, has died. His cause of death has not been determined and the BC Coroners Service is investigating.

Doctors testifying at a coroner’s inquest into the police shooting of an Indigenous man in New Brunswick say more addictions and mental health services are needed in the province. Callum Smith has more.

The Saskatchewan Coroners Service released its first mass fatality plan following recommendations spurred by the Humboldt Broncos bus crash.

Speaking at a press conference on Thursday, B.C.’s chief coroner Lisa Lapointe provides an update on the number of illicit drug overdoses in the province for 2020. Lapoint also outlines measures to help reduce deaths, including improved treatment facilities and wait-times, and for the government to decriminalize possession of small amounts of illicit drugs.

The COVID-19 pandemic is having a devastating impact on people using drugs in our province. The B.C. coroner says 2020 was the province’s worst year for drug deaths on record — with nearly five people dying of an overdose each day. Nadia Stewart reports.

Shocking numbers today about B.C.’s “other” health crisis. According to the coroner’s service more than 1,700 people in our province lost their lives due to a drug overdose in 2020 – a 74-percent increase over the previous year. And as Ted Chernecki reports, the problem has only been made worse by the pandemic.