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More than 11 million Americans are under flood watches after a summer’s worth of rain fell on Monday in parts of the northeastern U.S., with raging floodwaters shutting down roads and trapping people inside their homes. The weather-induced destruction in hard-hit Vermont, a state once considered a climate refuge. British Columbia’s wildfire season is flaring...

Several youth booed First Lady Melania Trump as she took the stage at a summit on opioid awareness on Tuesday in Baltimore. Trump continued speaking despite the boos, calling addiction and drug abuse “universal issues.”

Speaking at the end of a day-long opioid summit at the White House Thursday, U.S. President Donald Trump revealed that he had spoken to Attorney General Jeff Sessions about suing “the opioid companies” meaning the drug manufacturers.

Ashburnham Ward councillor Keith Riel is hosting a summit on opioids and Peterborough’s opioid crisis June 12. He says the problem needs to be addressed by multiple levels of government.

Mon, Nov 21: Fentanyl has been a factor in a majority of B.C.’s record number of overdose death this year. Last week, heath experts and Primer Christy Clark traveled to Ottawa to pressure the federal government to do more to help with the crisis. Toronto emergency and public health physician Dr. Aaron Orkin attended the...

Heart-wrenching tales told at the city’s first summit to deal with the opioid crisis that’s claimed 20 lives so far this year. Dan Nyznik has the story.

A community forum on the opioid crisis is scheduled for next month at Market Hall in Peterborough.