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Overdoses in Fredericton are on the rise, while the use of a dangerous drug is also growing. Anna Mandin reports o the city’s latest numbers and the change officials are hoping to see.

Communities across B.C. are reporting a massive spike in toxic drug overdoses. As Kylie Stanton reports, officials from several parts of the province say they responded to more overdoses last week than ever before.

Residents at a Sherbrook Avenue apartment are dealing with an influx of unhoused people using the building to escape the elements. And one outreach organization argues a new city encampment policy is leaving people with few options. Vasilios Bellos has more.

Popular weight loss drugs such as Ozempic and Mounjaro now have the attention of the World Health Organization. Mike Armstrong explains why the WHO is now recommending GLP-1 medications for treating obesity, and why these drugs aren’t accessible to everyone.

A chemist in Winnipeg was recently honoured for his innovative work, co-creating a drug to treat ALS — Lou Gehrig’s disease. Melissa Ridgen takes us in the lab where the breakthrough happened.

The Manitoba government appears to have chosen a new location for its proposed supervised drug consumption site. Hersh Singh reports.

WATCH: Saskatchewan’s government introduced its involuntary treatment bill Friday on the final day of its fall sitting with critics wondering how it will all play out.

The CVMA says the availability of medicinal drugs for animals, both pets and livestock, has dropped by about 40 per cent since the 1980s, creating a shortage that is affecting everything from animal welfare to the food chain. Justin Sibbet reports.

WATCH: First responders and substance abuse workers are still seeing a spike in toxic drug overdoses. Even as fatalities drop due to training and awareness around naloxone, new drugs cut with sedatives like benzos are making it less effective.

More trouble for the Trump administration this weekend – this time over reports the U.S. Secretary of War may have committed a war crime. According to a story by the Washington Post, Pete Hegseth allegedly ordered defence officials to kill all crew members of a boat believed to be smuggling drugs in the Caribbean. The...

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt on Monday said Admiral Frank Bradley had ordered a second strike on an alleged drug trafficking vessel in the Caribbean in September. Further, she said she “rejected” a Washington Post report that has drawn scrutiny from Congress, claiming an order came from Secretary of War Pete Hegseth to “kill...

Quebec logged a record number of overdose deaths last year, as many face a constant struggle. This National Addiction Awareness Week, we shine a light on a unique treatment program located in Montreal. Portage allows mothers to keep their children with them in their live-in treatment centre. Amanda Jewlowicki has one woman’s message of hope.

As U.S. President Donald Trump ramps up pressure on Venezuela’s government, scrutiny is growing on his administration’s deadly strikes on an alleged Venezuelan drug boat. Jackson Proskow explains what Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth is now saying the strikes.

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth blamed the “fog of war” in his defence of a follow-up strike on an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean in September.

The World Health Organization is warning countries around the world are reporting rising levels of drug-resistant gonorrhea. Between 2022 and 2024, resistance to one of the primary antibiotics used to treat the STI rose from 1.7% to 11%. Nathaniel Dove has this story and more in Health Matters for Nov. 19, 2025.

Amid mass bipartisan scrutiny in recent weeks, U.S. President Donald Trump has defended a second, follow-up strike on an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean Sea during a military operation in September. Despite saying Monday that he “wouldn’t have wanted that [a second strike],” Trump said, “Every boat we knock out, we save 25,000 lives,”...

Charges are being laid after a large drug bust in the West Kildonan and Garden City neighbourhoods.

The United States is offering a $15 million reward for information leading to the arrest of Ryan Wedding, a Canadian accused of running one of the most violent trans-national drug trafficking organizations. Wedding is accused of ordering the murder of a federal witness in Colombia in January to try to avoid extradition. The Thunder Bay,...

The operators of a Vancouver service that bought and tested illegal drugs have been found guilty of drug trafficking. As Paul Johnson reports, the program once received government funding.

U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday seemingly indicated that U.S. military operations against drug cartels in Venezuela will be shifting from targeting suspected drug boats to efforts on “by land.”