Opioid Crisis

• More join call for Ford government to roll out coordinated approach to addiction crisis

  A new group is behind a request to the province to work on an opioid treatment plan, which they hope would see a multi-ministry taskforce convened to coordinate a plan.

  Health

  Nov 7
  
• As losses mount in toxic opioid crisis, Ontario cities memorialize overdose victims

  'We need to memorialize what these folks, our friends and family members, have gone through, and their tragic passing in this crisis we're all facing.'

  Canada

  Sep 18
  
• Advertisement
• ‘I loved him’: How one Regina group is making a difference preventing overdoses

  The Regina Overdose Outreach Team began as a pilot project in 2022, providing access to counselling and addiction programs. Some hope it will become permanent.

  Canada

  Sep 13
• Advertisement
• B.C. government launches opioid treatment line but critics say the focus is still wrong

  The B.C. government launched an Opioid Treatment Access Line on Tuesday to help people access life-saving medication to treat opioid-use disorder and connect to same-day care.

  Health

  Aug 27
• Addiction recovery centre opens west of Edmonton

  Years after the government closed a facility west of Edmonton that supported homeless men with addiction issues, the province has reopened a new treatment centre at the site.

  Health

  Aug 15
• Alberta records lowest single-month opioid death total in 4 years

  Provincial data shows Alberta recently had its lowest monthly opioid death total since April 2020. According to its report, 90 people died from opioid-related causes this April.

  Health

  Jul 19
• Poilievre calls supervised consumption sites ‘drug dens,’ vows to close some

  'We will defund them. There will not be a single taxpayer dollar from the Poilievre government going to drug dens,' Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre said.

  Canada

  Jul 12
• Peterborough health officials applaud AMO stance on opioid crisis

  A report from the Association of Municipalities of Ontario calls for more action from the province to tackle the opioid crisis that saw 2,300 people die in 2023 alone.

  Health

  Jul 10
• Advertisement
• Fentanyl-related opioid deaths rise in New Brunswick in 2023

  A report by New Brunswick's health department says there were 72 opioid deaths in 2023, with 71 of them accidental or whose cause the province is still investigating.

  Health

  Jul 8
• Advertisement
• 182 B.C. deaths linked to toxic drug overdoses in April

  The coroner says fentanyl continues to be the primary driver of overdoses this year, and was detected in 82 per cent of toxicological tests.

  Health

  Jun 6