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Services remain in Saskatchewan, but the future of safe consumption sites in the province is uncertain.

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. 

Matthew Perry's stepmother described how his family has suffered 'irreversible' pain following the actor's 2023 overdose death in a victim impact statement.

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

Police in New Brunswick's capital city are warning of a dramatic spike in drug overdoses so far this year. 

The Canadian Centre of Recovery Excellence said a study it conducted found the closure of an overdose prevention site in Red Deer, Alta. did not result in an increase deaths.

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

Kinew now says the province is taking a step back from this approach and ensuring that different health-care interventions are built within the site before opening.

Jasveen Sangha pleaded guilty last September to using her home for drug distribution and other charges, including distribution of ketamine resulting in death.

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.

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. 

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

Minors will not be allowed to use Manitoba's supervised drug consumption site, although staff may have to use their own judgment for young-looking people without identification

On June 26, 2024, RCMP officers were called to a home in the 7600 block of McMaster Crescent after a 16-year-old girl was found unconscious.

The alert says no information is currently available on what substance or substances are causing the multiple overdoses and deaths reported in the Regina area.

Workers say rises in overdoses among opioid users are not unusual, but what is different now is the growing presence of carfentanil mixed with fentanyl.

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

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.

Montreal Public Health officials are warning a purple syrup that mimics the look of cough medicine is a fake product that can be lethal.

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