Drug-related Deaths

• Ontario opioid death rate drops in 2022, coroner’s data shows

  Preliminary data from the coroner's office shows 1,278 people have died from opioid toxicity in the first six months of this year.

  Canada

  Nov 24, 2022
  
• 3 drug-related deaths in last 48 hours in Peterborough: health unit

  There were 30 drug-related deaths in the City of Peterborough in 2019. Just five months into 2020, there have already been 15.

  Crime

  May 27, 2020
  
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• ‘This isn’t just a big city issue’: Taber police take action before fentanyl use spikes in community

  According to Alberta Health Services, as of September of this year, there have been 193 fentanyl-related deaths in Alberta; seven in the South Zone.

  Canada

  Nov 22, 2016
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• OPP targeting distracted drivers over March break

  Ontario Provincial Police are targeting distracted drivers this week.

  Crime

  Mar 14, 2016
• Recreational drug-use turns deadly in Saskatchewan

  Families and authorities are sounding the alarm after more overdose deaths in Saskatchewan linked to Fentanyl or fake Oxycontin.

  Canada

  Aug 7, 2015