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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.

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. 

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.

The government of Alberta says the controversial supervised consumption sites in Calgary and Lethbridge will be closing down at the end of June.

British Columbia Health Minister Josie Osborne says the province is spending $50 million to expand availability of anti-overdose nasal naloxone across the province.

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.

Since the emergency was declared, more than 18,000 people have died in B.C. from toxic drugs, with Indigenous people, men and people working in the trades being the most affected.

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. 

Social service organizations in Saskatoon say they are concerned about the uptick in demand following the closure of the city's only supervised consumption site.

Prairie Harm Reduction said its investigation into the shortfall has just begun, but added it does not believe there is evidence of fraud, theft or personal misuse of funds.

More than 18,000 people have died of drug overdoses since British Columbia declared the issue a public health emergency on April 14, 2016.

The deaths at shelters announced by the mayor don't come as a surprise to people like Sam Watts, Welcome Hall Mission CEO and executive director.

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

Newly released documents suggest the Canada Border Services Agency's attempt to crack down on animal sedatives in fentanyl have been hampered by industry lobbying.

Prairie Harm Reduction says it has also supported 22 per cent more people over the past year and successfully performed more than 150 interventions.

The Canadian Union of Public Employees said two libraries temporarily closed last year due to heightened drug use and violence nearby.

The Okanagan woman said her son David, who was 37 and a UBC student at the time, struggled with mental health and used substances to self-medicate.

A Saskatoon Fire Department battalion chief fears tackling more toxic drugs entering what was the peak time from last year, when a deadly drug supply pushed overdoses above 30. 

The minister for addictions and mental health says he has not reached out to the First Nation community that announced this week it would declare a state of emergency.