Opiod Crisis

• New pain pill approved in U.S. designed to cut risk of addiction

  U.S. officials approved a new type of pain pill designed to eliminate the risks of addiction and overdose associated with opioid medications like Vicodin and OxyContin.

  Health

  Jan 31, 2025
  
• Canada plans to reduce overdose rates with new funding, Liberals stress crisis impact

  Health Canada announced an additional $37 million Friday for programs to combat the opioid crisis, including projects in British Columbia, Manitoba, Nunavut and Ontario.

  Canada

  Apr 14, 2023
  
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• Winnipeg woman speaks out after daughter struggled to access treatment at RAAM clinic

  Manitoba's provincial health organization markets them as "easy-to-access walk-in clinics" online but one Winnipegger says, patients waited in a long line outside in the cold.

  Health

  Apr 8, 2023
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• Hamilton endorses new safe consumption site on Barton Street

  Hamilton's council finalized an endorsement of a community organization's application to provide a safe space on Barton Street for drug users.

  Health

  Feb 23, 2023
• Hamilton board of health endorses application for new safe consumption site

  Hamilton's board of health has endorsed a community organization's application to provide a safe space where users can inject drugs in a supervised setting to avoid overdose.

  Health

  Feb 13, 2023
• Self harm a ‘priority area’ for public health amid 4 affected youth visiting Hamilton EDs a week

  The city's manager of mental well-being attributes the emergency room increases to 'unique challenges' that came with the COVID-19 pandemic.

  Health

  Jan 24, 2023
• Winnipeg police warn about street drug ‘down’ after recent overdose

  Winnipeg police are warning the public about a street drug called 'down' after an overdose on Monday evening.

  Canada

  Jan 10, 2023
• Paramedic burnout a growing concern as staff shortages continue in B.C.

  Calls for more available mental health resources for first responders are increasing because, without them, the APBC believes the industry could lose even more paramedics.

  Health

  Oct 2, 2022
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• ‘We don’t understand it’: Advocates slam Vancouver police raid of low-barrier cannabis program

  The low-barrier Cannabis Substitution Program had been selling high-dose edibles as a safer alternative to opioids out of an RV downtown for the last year and a half.

  Health

  May 18, 2022
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• ‘We don’t have all the answers’: Deputy police chief on rise of unprovoked attacks in Vancouver

  It's an alarming set of "extraordinary incidents" and there is no quick and simple way to crack down on the problem, the Vancouver deputy police chief told Global News on Tuesday. 

  Crime

  Mar 1, 2022