Public Health Ontario has released updated statistics showing 1,473 people died from opioid-related causes in 2018, a jump of about 17 per cent from the previous year.

Guelph Mayor Cam Guthrie said in an open letter Monday that he's "done a complete 180-degree turnaround" regarding a supervised consumption site in Guelph and is urging Barrie city council to support the development of a local facility.

Public Health Ontario has released updated statistics that indicate 388 people died from opioid-related causes from July to September 2018, down from 414 deaths during the same period in 2017.

Ontario Provincial Police say they have undergone a big shift in their approach to overdoses as the opioid crisis deepens.

Since September 2017, officers have administered naloxone on 79 occasions and saved 73 lives, police say, with the highest number of naloxone doses being administered in March and April.

Attorney General Caroline Mulroney says the current system is fragmented and confusing for patients and their families.

B.C. filed the proposed class action against dozens of pharmaceutical companies last year in a bid to recoup the health-care costs associated with opioid addiction.

Nearly half of Barrie residents that responded to a community consultation survey about a supervised injection site indicated that opening a facility would be helpful to the city.

Barrie residents urged for government action to help combat the local opioid problem at a town hall meeting that was held by MP Alex Nuttall on Wednesday evening.

Within days of opening her new bar in west-end Toronto, Carmen Elle had equipped the venue with what she considers a key piece of equipment: a naloxone kit.