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WATCH: Saskatoon Fire Department director of community relationships Rielly Knock says the new Overdose Outreach Team helps support people who have experienced an overdose. The team is funded by the ministry of health and includes a mental health and addictions worker and Saskatoon Fire Department partnership.

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WATCH: A safe-consumption site in Saskatoon said it’s seeing overdoses increase in the city, already handling 12 overdoses since January. Trillian Reynoldson has the details.

On Tuesday, Saskatoon Mayor Charlie Clark commented on the federal health care support saying he hopes to see “some of that support translate to funding on the street.”

Troy Davies, with Medavie Health Services West, said, “A paramedic in 2019 might have given Narcan twice a year, now we’re giving it multiple times a shift.”

A third man charged with trafficking fentanyl following overdose deaths in Saskatoon had a bail hearing. Ryan Kessler with the details.

In Saskatoon, there are three to four fentanyl related overdoses each week, according to MD Ambulance. It’s a deadly drug, doses smaller than a snowflake can kill you. And that’s why the Saskatoon Fire Department is arming themselves with an antidote. Jacqueline Wilson reports.

Alex Reisinger fought an opiate addiction for years before passing away from an accidental overdose at the age of 23. His parents, Al and Laurel Reisinger, have started Alexander’s House, a sober living home in Saskatoon.

Deadly drugs like fentanyl continue to be an epidemic across Canada. As Meaghan Craig reports, naloxone is helping Saskatoon Fire Department paramedics save someone’s life in the event of an overdose.

Azam Kabani is one of three people accused of trafficking cocaine laced with fentanyl that Saskatoon police say caused four deaths. Ryan Kessler reports.

Saskatoon Police Chief discusses with us this morning the new trend in forensic investigation, DNA phenotyping, safety issues with tunnel pathways, as well as fentanyl overdoses across the province.

First responders are dealing with a sharp rise in the number of calls for substance abuse in Saskatoon, doubling over the last six months. Kyle Benning has more on the financial implications for emergency services.

Saskatoon paramedics responded to a record number of overdose calls requiring the use of Narcan in the past week, Medavie Health Services West reported on Tuesday.

A Saskatoon man biked across three provinces during January to raise awareness for the overdose crisis in Canada.

The family of a Saskatoon man who died from an overdose in July are grappling with their first Christmas without him. More people in the province died from overdose than COVID-19.

Saskatoon police say during a three-day span they responded to five overdoses, at least three of those were the result of alleged fentanyl use. Meaghan Craig reports.

Fatalities and hospitalizations due to drug overdoses continue in Saskatoon following a deadly weekend and police are urging people to exercise caution. Wendy Winiewski reports.

A string of overdoses among inmates at the Saskatoon Correctional Centre has some asking if the Ministry of Justice is doing enough to stop offenders from getting their hands on illicit drugs. Meaghan Craig reports.

While charges have been laid in one case, a Saskatoon lawyer says don’t expect to see a floodgate of manslaughter charges in connection to fatal overdoses. Meaghan Craig reports.

Moms Stop the Harm, a group of parents who lost children to overdoses, wants Saskatoon’s city hall to join their call to the federal government for more action.