Fentanyl 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, 2022
  
• Amid grim opioid death projections, Ottawa faces calls to move faster on safe supply

  New federal data paints a grim picture of the fatal toll the opioid crisis is having on Canadians, prompting calls for greater access to safe-supply programs.

  Health

  Jun 30, 2022
  
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• B.C.’s chief coroner calling on federal leaders to focus on illicit drug death crisis

  In a wide-ranging interview for Focus BC, Lisa Lapointe said she would like to see the federal party leaders focus on plans to cut down on illicit drug deaths.

  Health

  Sep 9, 2021
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• As Vancouver’s drug crisis continues, is decriminalization the answer?

  Vancouver Mayor Kennedy Stewart wants to see all drugs decriminalized, but it's not that easy, Mike Smyth argues.

  Commentary

  Nov 19, 2020
• 1 dead, 2 in hospital after ingesting white powder suspected to be fentanyl: N.S. RCMP

  A preliminary investigation indicates all three ingested a white powder, which police believe could have contained fentanyl or another toxic substance. 

  Crime

  Sep 5, 2020
• Canada needs new approach to tackle worsening opioid crisis, study says

  There have been more than 15,000 apparent opioid-related deaths in Canada since 2016.

  Canada

  Aug 24, 2020
• ‘I’ve been brought back to life six times’: How a B.C. man escaped the Downtown Eastside alive

  "If I fell down, I was going to get back up": Guy Felicella battled addiction for decades on Vancouver's Downtown Eastside and won.

  Health

  Aug 10, 2020
• Montreal police still not equipped with naloxone, despite surge in overdoses

  The coronavirus pandemic has caused a drug shortage and a tainted supply of purple heroin heavily laced with fentanyl.

  Canada

  Jul 14, 2020
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• Free fentanyl test strips to be distributed in Vancouver Coastal Health region

  For the first time in British Columbia, the public will be able to check drugs at home with take-home fentanyl test strips.

  Jan 16, 2020
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• Provincial government supports additional municipal funding for overdose crisis

  The B.C. government is providing new municipal funding supports for communities to find local solutions to the overdose crisis.

  Canada

  Sep 23, 2019