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Two deaths on the streets of Montreal have advocates calling attention to the overdose crisis and are also raising questions about the need for more resources in the community.

B.C. votes on Saturday after campaign that saw David Eby's New Democrats and John Rustad's BC Conservatives tangle over housing, health care and the overdose crisis.

Compulsory mental health and addictions care is being contemplated or expanded in several provinces as communities struggle to cope with a countrywide overdose crisis.

Marshall Smith has been held up as the architect of the ruling United Conservative Party's approach to the drug overdose crisis.

Housing, Addictions and Homelessness Minister Bernadette Smith said the province is seeing too many deaths from drug poisoning — 171 between January and April of this year alone.

'We need to memorialize what these folks, our friends and family members, have gone through, and their tragic passing in this crisis we're all facing.'

A new group is behind a request to the province to work on an opioid treatment plan, which they hope would see a multi-ministry taskforce convened to coordinate a plan.

The head of London, Ont.’s supervised consumption site says a recent overdose there is a 'tragic loss' but 'highlights the ongoing risk posed by the increasing toxic drug supply.'

The NDP leader asked Green voters on Sunday to consider what B.C. would be like if they woke up the day after the election and the Conservatives were going to form government.

A day before the official start, British Columbia's election campaign sees the leaders gearing up to 'hit the road' and let residents know where they stand on the issues.

The B.C. election is officially underway, and the results will have implications on politics in Ottawa regardless of who wins, political analysts say.

Former B.C. chief coroner Lisa Lapointe threw her weight behind a BC Green campaign pledge to expand safer supply of opioids and other drugs.

A number of religious organizations came to Queen's Park on Tuesday and said they were hopeful they could reach Ford's 'humanity.'

The fixed election date of Oct. 19 means the campaign doesn't officially start until Saturday.

Calgary city council has defeated a motion asking the provincial government to shut down the supervised consumption site at the Sheldon Chumir Centre.

The province's deadly drug and mental health crises have been a pivotal campaign issue in the election and will prove to be a major challenge for whoever forms government.

A British Columbia report tracking Indigenous health issues says life expectancy for the province's First Nations people has plunged by more than six years since 2017.

Benzodiazepines are now being monitored by the province, providing more detail to the public on overdoses in your community.

The 35-year-old weeps as he speaks about the Parkdale Queen West Community Health Centre, which houses the supervised consumption site he uses. It is one of 10 such sites to close.

Mayor Scott Gillingham said the costs reflect the city's population growth, as well as increased calls for emergency services.