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Saskatchewan has been battling an increase in overdoses for many years. But based on recent data, Saskatchewan’s response to drug toxicity may be working.  

Suspected and confirmed drug overdose deaths have seen a drastic decrease in Saskatchewan in the past year.

Two deaths on the streets of Montreal have advocates calling attention to the overdose crisis and are also raising questions about the need for more resources in the community.

Samantha Krysia Sims-Somerville died on April 10, 2021, in Royal Jubilee Hospital in Victoria after a gathering with friends. Her mother refused to believe it was an accident.

Three people have been charged in connection with the suspicious death of a woman. Wendy Head was found dead from a fatal overdose at a home in Nanaimo on March 7, 2023.

Yukon government officials said a key concern is the increasing presence of xylazine, a veterinary tranquilizer that has been detected in significant quantities in the deaths.

British Columbia's new health minister says she's aiming for more treatment beds and fewer deaths in a revamped approach to the province's drug overdose crisis.

B.C. has recorded its lowest monthly number of drug deaths in more than four years, part of what the BC Coroners Service says is a "significant decline" in fatalities this year.

The $8-million youth treatment and recovery facility is a project spearheaded by the Bridge Youth and Family Services organization, and hopes to accommodate up to 40 youth.

The Safer Communities and Neighbourhoods Act unit of the Alberta sheriffs has closed a Lethbridge home following complaints of drug activity.

Burnaby RCMP said that in August its drug and organized crime section executed search warrants on two homes in Coquitlam and Surrey. Four people have been arrested.

Illicit drug deaths are down slightly in British Columbia from the same period last year, but the coroners service says females are dying at a much higher rate.

Dawson Creek RCMP are warning the public about a potentially toxic drug supply after two overdose-related deaths in under 24 hours last month.

Gladys Akimana was living in a shelter in August 2022, run by Covenant House Vancouver when he overdosed on a mix of opioids and alcohol.

Benzodiazepines are now being monitored by the province, providing more detail to the public on overdoses in your community.

Ontario Big City Mayors are asking the province to review mental-health laws and whether to expand the scope of involuntary treatment for people who are addicted to drugs.

Compulsory mental health and addictions care is being contemplated or expanded in several provinces as communities struggle to cope with a countrywide overdose crisis.

Her family says the pilot's death is a profound loss shared by thousands of colleagues and friends.

The Moncton community came together to honour members of the unhoused population who lost their lives this year.

A social services agency that operates a supervised consumption site in Toronto has filed a legal challenge against recently passed legislation that will shut down several sites.