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The B.C. Conservatives are pledging to open a reimagined Riverview Hospital if elected. Richard Zussman has more on John Rustad’s plans for dealing with the overdose crisis, including ending safe supply and reforming mental health services.

Two deaths on the streets of Montreal has advocates calling attention to the overdose crisis. Quebec’s health minister has announced he’s working on a new bill that would force new doctors to work in the public health care system.

Two deaths on the streets of Montreal has advocates calling attention to the overdose crisis. The incidents are also raising questions about the need for more safe drug consumption sites and more resources for the unhoused community. Global’s Phil Carpenter reports.

Ahead of International Overdose Awareness Day Saturday, the province says there were 171 drug poisoning deaths between January and April of this year alone.

There are growing concerns about a new threat in the toxic drug crisis. Dr. Paxton Bach of the BC Centre on Substance Use talks about how nitazenes are emerging as the new overdose threat.

On the eve of International Overdose Awareness Day, many families and advocates are commemorating the lives lost and hoping for change. They say more needs to be done to tackle the opioid overdose crisis.

Nearly a year after actor Matthew Perry’s fatal overdose, five people have now been charged in the death of the ‘Friends’ star, including his personal assistant and two doctors. How prosecutors are alleging the group “took advantage” of Perry’s past struggles with substance abuse and addiction for profit. At least 34 officers from the Department...

The Ontario Chamber of Commerce is calling for urgent action to address the opioid crisis. As Germain Ma reports, as deaths and overdoses continue in Peterborough, some businesses continue to deal with everything from confrontations to cleanup.

The tragic overdose death of a University of Victoria student has created more urgency to explain the importance of the drug crisis in both universities and high schools. Guy Felicella talks about some of his advocacy in schools and why students are more aware than ever.

The circumstances around the overdose death of an 18-year-old student from the University of Victoria is fueling debate in the B.C. legislature. Keith Baldrey has more on this tragedy and why it’s yet another example of the toxic drug crisis in this province.

The British Columbia government is banning all illicit drug use in public spaces, reversing course on its decriminalization policy that was intended to tackle the province’s overdose crisis. Neetu Garcha explains why B.C. is backtracking, and why advocates are worried recriminalizing drugs won’t solve the worsening emergency.

Both Israel and Hamas are being urged to agree on a new ceasefire proposal which would pause the fighting for 40 days in exchange for the return of up to 33 hostages. The growing pressure on all sides to bring an end to the suffering and hostility, and the mounting pro-Palestinian protests on Canadian campuses....

A young B.C. girl is speaking out about her personal tragedy, and calling for more supports for grieving families who have lost loved ones to the province’s drug overdose crisis. Cassidy Mosconi reports.

Belleville, Ont., Mayor Neil Ellis says the city desperately needs more funding from the Ontario government to help with the worsening overdose crisis. The mayor joins Candace Daniel with what the community is facing.

Amid B.C.’s toxic drug crisis, Nanaimo has been dealing with an alarming escalation of overdoses in the city’s downtown core. Kylie Stanton reports.

Belleville’s mayor says the Ontario government is not coming through with funding to help with the community’s ongoing overdose crisis, leaving the city with no other choice but to cover the costs itself. Global’s Darryn Davis has the latest.

Ontario’s colleges and universities are facing financial turmoil – we’re looking at the reason and what can be done about it. The Ford Government backtracks on Bill 124 – the cost to taxpayers. And, an alarming new discovery in Canada’s worsening overdose crisis.

Mayor Neil Ellis says the provincial and federal governments need to come up with a plan to deal with the growing crisis. Belleville has had over 20 overdoses in the last two days.

British Columbia’s chief coroner says she’s leaving office frustrated and disappointed at the provincial government’s response to the overdose crisis that is killing thousands every year. Katherine Ward has this story and more in Health Matters for Dec. 13, 2023.

(From Dec. 23, 2023) Alberta’s opioid crisis has proven deadly and drug users and the health system continue to struggle with more and more overdoses. There’s a push to find new ways to battle the addictions problem in Alberta. The Poundmaker’s Lodge Treatment Centres has been helping people recover for 50 years. Sarah Komadina takes...