Alberta Opioid Deaths

• Alberta set new high for opioid deaths in 2023

  Alberta's latest substance use numbers show the province had its highest opioid-related death totals on record in 2023, with 1,867 deaths.

  Health

  May 20, 2024
  
• Alberta government signs agreement to bring recovery centre to Tsuut’ina

  Tsuut'ina Nation Chief Roy Whitney said the facility is needed given the modern landscape of street drugs.

  Canada

  Jul 5, 2023
  
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• Alberta premier’s office says she was unaware of new opioid data before election

  Danielle Smith's office is denying the Opposition's claim that her government concealed the latest data on opioid-related deaths until after the provincial election.

  Health

  Jun 27, 2023
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• Drug poisoning deaths down in Alberta compared to 2021, proportion of opioid deaths up

  The ministry of mental health and addictions is 'cautiously optimistic' Alberta is past its peak in drug poisoning deaths.

  Canada

  Jan 20, 2023
• Alberta’s April opioid deaths are declining but still higher than pre-pandemic level

  On Wednesday, the Alberta government reported that 113 people died from opioid fatalities in April, a 34 per cent decrease since November.

  Health

  Jun 29, 2022
• Alberta’s opioid-related overdoses still at record highs compared to pre-pandemic

  Data from the province's substance shows opioid-related overdoses are still at record highs compared to pre-pandemic years in Alberta.

  Health

  Jun 3, 2022
• Number of opioid deaths rising among Indigenous people; Lethbridge sees high use rates

  The province's latest Opioid Response Surveillance Report shows opioid deaths among Alberta's Indigenous population are skyrocketing.

  Health

  Jun 22, 2021
• Calgary Coun. Woolley ‘not apologizing’ for calling Chu a ‘moron’ after defund police vote

  "I think we need to call out these kinds of comments, these kinds of positions, for what they are," the Ward 8 councillor said.

  Politics

  Nov 5, 2020
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• COVID-19 pandemic having ‘stark effects’ on opioid-related deaths in Alberta

  The number of people who have died of opioid overdoses in Alberta between April and June this year is more than any three-month period recorded in the last four years.

  Health

  Sep 23, 2020
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• Alberta government announces plan to join class-action lawsuit against opioid manufacturers, distributors

  The Alberta government says it's joining a class-action lawsuit to recoup health-care costs related to the opioid crisis.

  Canada

  Oct 15, 2019