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A family of raccoons is safe after ingesting what is suspected to have been fentanyl. As Kristen Robinson reports, one of them needed the animal version of Narcan.

The Alberta Law Enforcement Response Team says a large drug bust at a rural property in northern Alberta this fall has disrupted what investigators believe was a “superlab” that had become “a significant source of fentanyl in Alberta and Western Canada” in recent years. Kabi Moulitharan reports.

Charges have been laid against a woman after a drug bust in Campbell River. As Kylie Stanton reports, Mounties say there’s evidence fentanyl was being flavoured and molded into the shape of toys.

Friday was a bittersweet day for Joseph Fourre, as dozens gathered at The Forks for a walk in honour of his son, who died from a fentanyl overdose. Teagan Rasche reports on his mission to make sure nobody else experiences what he’s had to.

Two people from Surrey are facing a slew of charges for allegedly trafficking drugs and firearms — including fentanyl disguised as dog treats.

Global News has learned that a Lethbridge drug bust, first reported last week, involved police executing 66 warrants, the arrest of 44 people for open drug use and the seizure of nearly 400 doses of fentanyl and methamphetamine. Jordan Prentice reports.

A man who doused gasoline on his estranged wife and set her on fire has been found guilty of first-degree murder. As Catherine McDonald reports, the judge rejected Norbert Budai’s defence that alcohol and fentanyl affected his ability to plan and deliberate Henrietta Viski’s murder.

A toxicologist took the stand at the Norbert Budai first-degree murder trial. The expert witness said it’s possible the only fentanyl Budai had in his system on the day he admitted to setting his ex-wife on fire may have been administered by paramedics after the attack. Catherine McDonald reports.

Prince George RCMP say a 16-year-old girl hospitalized after suffering a fentanyl overdose last week has now died.

London police Chief Thai Truong said Monday that drugs from the safe supply program were being “diverted” and sold on the streets of London, Ont., “fueling the drug trade.” Truong said that drugs such as hydromorphone were being sold in exchange for fentanyl.

It was a powerful march through downtown Regina, as members of Muskoday First Nation took to the streets to raise awareness surrounding crystal meth and fentanyl overdoses in the province.

Charges have now been laid after a lengthy Vancouver police investigation into an illicit drug lab. In April 2023, officers shut down a lab operating out of a Richmond home. Investigators seized a significant amount of fentanyl, methamphetamine and $39,000 in cash.

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.

Conservative Party of Canada Leader Pierre Poilievre announced in B.C. on Tuesday the introduction of the Safe Hospitals Act. “It will create an aggravating factor for sentencing for anyone who brings and illegal and unauthorized weapon into a hospital. It will take away the discretion from the federal health minister under the Controlled and Substances...

Transit Police arrested 26 people and seized dozens of weapons and a variety of drugs during a three-day crack down around Metro Vancouver’s busiest SkyTrain station. Knives, replica firearms, fentanyl, meth and $10,000 in stolen goods were among the items seized at Metrotown Station.

A day after getting booted from question period in the House of Commons after calling the prime minister a ‘wacko,’ Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre continued to push the Trudeau government to quickly end a three-year pilot project in British Columbia that will decriminalize possession of small amounts of certain illegal drugs, including heroin, fentanyl...

An animal tranquilizer that can be dangerous for human consumption is increasingly showing up in fentanyl in Moncton. Suzanne Lapointe spoke with a harm reduction advocate about the dangers for those with substance use disorder.

Chilliwack RCMP have arrested seven people in a seven-month-long drug trafficking investigation. Fourteen search warrants were executed at residences in the Lower Mainland in Chilliwack, Vancouver, Surrey and Langley — resulting in a significant seizure of suspected cocaine, fentanyl, meth and guns, four vehicles and more.

More than six kilograms of various fentanyl, cocaine, and MDMA worth about $350,000 was seized in multiple raids across Edmonton. This is part of a bigger investigation that led to a southside condo being deemed uninhabitable. Jasmine King reports.

Experts say stronger opioids in Quebec City and Belleville’s state of emergency miss the bigger picture – that governments aren’t doing enough to address overdoses. Global’s Nathaniel Dove reports.