Drug Crisis

• ‘They’re going to die’: San Francisco, Vancouver drug crises have advocate calling for intervention

  Many of San Francisco’s close to 8,000 homeless people end up in the Tenderloin – the epicenter of a drug crisis that claimed 700 lives in 2020 and 650 more in 2021.

  Health

  Sep 6
  
• Calls to make overdose education mandatory in B.C. schools

  When a teenage girl collapsed on the SkyTrain in Coquitlam, B.C., passengers calling 911 thought she had fainted or was having an epileptic seizure.

  Health

  Sep 6
  
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• Federal government announces program to fight opioid poisoning in Edmonton

  The federal government will spend more than $1 million to fight opioid poisoning in Edmonton.

  Health

  Jul 12
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• Opioid crisis: $150M settlement reached in B.C.-led lawsuit to recoup health-care costs

  The Canadian arm of Purdue Pharma has agreed to a settlement in B.C.'s 2018 proposed class-action lawsuit against more than 40 opioid manufacturers and distributors.

  Health

  Jun 29
• Emergency Wellness Centre lease extended another year, STC looking to secure 2 new locations

  Saskatoon Tribal Council's (STC) Emergency Wellness Centre will stay open a while longer as city council voted to extend the centres' lease for another 12 months.

  Canada

  Jun 8
• Long waitlists for treatment forces families to go to extreme lengths during B.C’s toxic drug crisis

  According to B.C’s Ministry of Mental Health and Addictions, there are 3,203 adult and youth funded community substance use beds across the province.

  Health

  Jun 3
• 6th anniversary of B.C. drug crisis met with calls for rapid access to safer supply

  Since B.C. declared a public health emergency over the deadly tainted drug supply, more than 9,400 people have lost their lives, more than one in five of them last year alone.

  Health

  Apr 14
• Trudeau criticizes Alberta’s response to opioid crisis during Edmonton visit

  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau criticized the Alberta government Tuesday for not addressing the opioid epidemic in ways that have proven to be effective elsewhere.

  Politics

  Apr 12
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• Group of doctors makes opioid crisis policy recommendations to Alberta government

  How do you tackle a deadly and ongoing poisoning crisis? A group of Edmonton-area doctors has a few ideas and so too does the provincial government.

  Health

  Apr 7
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• Blood Tribe launches first Indigenous-led Crime Stoppers chapter in Canada

  A southern Alberta First Nation has launched the first Indigenous-led Crime Stoppers chapter in Canada, hoping it helps with its ongoing drug crisis.

  Crime

  Mar 10