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Federal health officials say the decline in the national rate of toxicity deaths was due to several factors, including naloxone distribution and changes to the drug supply.

A spike in overdose-related calls in early June, and two overdose-related deaths, prompted the Ministry of Health to issue an overdose alert for Regina.

Recent data from the Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service shows opioid-related call volumes are now surpassing alcohol-related calls for the first time.

Calls are mounting in Saskatchewan for overdose-related emergency supports on frontlines following an increase in the number of overdose emergency calls in the province.

Workers say rises in overdoses among opioid users are not unusual, but what is different now is the growing presence of carfentanil mixed with fentanyl.

To Davis Schneider, his older brother Steven was "kind of like a Superman."

For Riley Bisson, the unassuming one-storey house with a red brick exterior in Toronto's downtown core is more than just a place to safely use drugs.

Lakelands Public Health warns that the suspected opioid circulating in Haliburton County may be contaminated with other substances.

Regina saw 140 overdose calls in the first three weeks of April, according to the Saskatchewan Health Ministry, which said multiple calls resulted in cardiac arrest.

Dozens of university students in Saskatoon are learning how to administer naloxone as overdoses continue to rise in following the closure of Prairie Harm Reduction.

Police in New Brunswick's capital city are warning of a dramatic spike in drug overdoses so far this year. 

DEA Administrator Terrance Cole said officials are 'very conscious' of the shipment of precursor chemicals through the Port of Vancouver for fentanyl manufacturing in Canada.

Opioid overdose deaths in Canada are falling, but there's growing concerns on a certain veterinary tranquilizer being cut into fentanyl and other opioids.

A spike in drug overdoses over the weekend in Moncton, N.B., has front-line workers across New Brunswick on high alert. 

A pair of drug busts in May have netted Cochrane RCMP nearly half a million dollars in drugs and charges against four Alberta residents.

Health officials in both Canadian cities hosting World Cup matches are warning visitors about the potential risk of the toxic illicit drug supply.

Canadian midfielder Ismaël Koné was taken off the field on a stretcher during Canada's World Cup match against Qatar on Thursday, and was seen inhaling from a small green device.

Alberta's minister of mental health and addiction has confirmed that Calgary's only supervised drug consumption site will be closing at the end of June.

This came after the province forced the closure of nine other such sites last year that it deemed were too close to schools and daycares.

More than 18,000 people have died from toxic illicit drugs in British Columbia since a public health emergency was declared on April 14, 2016.