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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.

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

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. 

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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