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Bruce Fraser recently lost his son, Travis, who had been battling addiction for years. Fraser says there is a desperate need for more addiction recovery options in B.C.

Greater Saskatoon Chamber of Commerce CEO Jason Aebig spoke with Saskatoon mayor Charlie Clark at the State of the City event Tuesday.

A Saint John man has decided to write a children's book about the dangers of drug abuse. He says that kids should be better educated about the harsh realities of addiction.

Here's a look back on who was on 'Global News Morning Saskatoon' for Tuesday, April 16.

A recent study shows that net government revenue from alcohol sales was $13 billion in 2020 while the net social costs from alcohol use were $19 billion that year.

The Saskatchewan Advocate for Children and Youth highlighted areas where kids were struggling in the province.

Manitoba's Advocate for Children and Youth is calling on the province to develop a youth-focused addictions strategy.

Mental Health and Addictions Minister Ya'ara Saks says B.C.'s application to recriminalize public drug use is still under review and maintains addictions is a health crisis.

Guy Felicella, a harm reduction and recovery expert in British Columbia, says all regions in Canada need to persevere with treating substance addictions as a health issue.

At the start of 2023, B.C. began its three-year decriminalization pilot project as the province grapples with high rates of opioid addiction.

New Brunswick's proposed bill to force addicted individuals into rehab in certain cases is being delayed. The controversial plan's fate may now rest on the October election.

'The crisis is alarming,' one expert said as new data shows nearly one in four federal inmates in Canada are receiving treatment for opioid addiction, more than double since 2016.

An empty lot on Pacific Avenue in Kelowna, B.C., will soon be home to 20 complex-care and 20 supportive housing units.

The province says it's making good on its promise to restore closed ERs, and adding to restoration at the Victoria Hospital with a world-class addictions treatment facility.

More than 1,700 people died from toxic drugs between January and November last year, making it the worst year since the province's substance use surveillance system was created.

Over the last two days, ministers from Alberta, Sask., and Ontario met in Calgary for the eighth annual Recovery Capital Conference of Canada.

Min. Sherry Wilson declined to answer where people forced into treatment by upcoming legislation will be housed.

A Nova Scotia woman whose son died from a drug overdose says the province's health-care system failed him, and is calling for better mental health and addiction support.

People jailed in the province who have addiction and mental health issues are said to be at high risk of being reincarcerated within a few years of being released.

Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland made the announcement Tuesday in Ottawa alongside other cabinet ministers, including Ya'ara Saks, the minister of mental health and addictions.