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The city's manager of mental well-being attributes the emergency room increases to 'unique challenges' that came with the COVID-19 pandemic.

Tory says, coming out of the COVID-19 pandemic, the lack of federal and provincial spending on mental health is "painfully clear" in Canadian municipalities.

Mayor Josh Morgan said the $25-million donation is 'by no means' the final cost of the system as it’s something that will require ongoing funding and support.

A rise in highly potent fentanyl mixed with sedatives is making Canada’s street drug supply so unpredictable, tools to prevent overdoses like naloxone are not always effective.

Findings from a community safety review of Penticton were recently published.

Alberta is on track to see its deadliest year for opioid deaths ever.

Canada’s top doctor says street drugs in Canada have become so toxic that offering a safe supply of opioids is one way to prevent deaths.

“It's very difficult to compare pre-2015 levels of overdose to what's happening now because the supply chain has totally changed,” one expert cautioned.

'It's impossible, any day of the week, to not hear about somebody else who has died ... people who you have known for many, many years and know extremely well,' Wendy Muckle said.

The drug overdose problem grew in Canada over the course of the pandemic, and advocates say it's time to address it.

"Canadians should be seized with this particular crisis," said chief public health officer Dr. Theresa Tam last month, given it is "escalating as we speak."

The report released Friday says that 116 First Nations people died due to opioid poisoning between March 2020 and March 2021, compared with 50 people in the previous year.

There have been more than 15,000 apparent opioid-related deaths in Canada since 2016.

KFL&A Public Health is sounding the alarm when it comes to the number of overdoses and deaths due to opioids and toxic drugs in the region.

Drug companies are facing a class action lawsuit about their role in the opioid crisis in Canada.

The Canadian arm of Purdue Pharma has agreed to a settlement in B.C.'s 2018 proposed class-action lawsuit against more than 40 opioid manufacturers and distributors.

'Overdoses are happening across the city. It's happening in the suburbs. It's happening in people's homes. Support is needed across the city in every area.'

Canada needs a coordinated, national drug possession policy that should be designed to tackle opioid overdose mortalities, experts say.

'Our health-care system is struggling, we're struggling with paramedic resources, they're struggling in hospital emergency rooms,' says Michelle Bessas of Winnipeg's opioid crisis.

Dr. Theresa Tam says several provinces -- including British Columbia, Ontario and Alberta -- are seeing concerning spikes in overdose deaths since the COVID-19 pandemic began.

More than 11,000 people have died of drug overdoses across Canada since 2016.

The MySafe machines dispense hydromorphone, a medical-grade opioid, providing people with addiction a lifesaving alternative to the toxic drugs circulating on the street.

The governing Liberals contend that declaring a public health emergency would not furnish the government with the resources it needs.