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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.

Jay Protz, president of IAFF Saskatoon Firefighters Local 80, says his members are noticing an unprecedented increase in calls for service over the past few weeks

Events are planned across British Columbia Tuesday to mark 10 years since the province declared a public health emergency related to the overdose crisis.

The Alberta government is shutting down supervised consumption sites in Calgary and Lethbridge, effective today, as it shifts focus to funding treatment centres instead.

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.

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.

Minister Anne Kang was not available for an interview Tuesday, but her ministry said addressing public safety is a shared priority.

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.

Edwin Bergsson's friend broke down the door of his recording studio in Victoria about five years ago, found him unconscious, and saved his life. 

A toxic illicit drug supply is prompting an urgent response from the New Brunswick government, as EMO activates a Level 1 response to Moncton's spike in overdose cases.

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

New Brunswick's social development minister says the province is making changes to the way it assists vulnerable youth.

The Chief of the Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation is demanding an apology from Premier Danielle Smith's office over comments a senior staffer made on social media disparaging the chiefs.

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

New Brunswick’s child and youth advocate Kelly Lamrock says the province’s child protection system failed a teenager who died last year.

Winnipeg police is increasing the number of officers in the areas most affected by the increase in public drug use in a 10-day policing blitz, according to the chief of police.

Thomus Donaghy’s new location will provide a secure outdoor space for observed inhalation, as well as a large indoor area for supervised injection and care time.

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.

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

As Saskatchewan policymakers tout their recovery-focused approach to dealing with the addictions crisis, a public health expert says the province needs to adopt holistic policies.