Opioid Crisis

• Protests against closure of Ontario consumption sites held in Toronto, other cities

  The Progressive Conservatives announced last summer that they would close the consumption sites, including five in Toronto, because of their proximity to schools and daycares.

  Politics

  Feb 25
  
• Class-action lawsuit targeting opioid manufacturers certified by B.C. Supreme Court

  B.C. can now proceed as a representative plaintiff on behalf of other Canadian governments with the litigation aimed at recovering the costs of treating opioid-related diseases.

  Health

  Jan 22
  
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• ‘Persistent problem’: Crime woes plague Hamilton as police make high-profile busts

  Hamilton Police have shut down a tunnel, drug shack, and drug market, but it’s showing how desperate the situation is for the most vulnerable, advocates say.

  Crime

  Dec 14, 2024
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• More join call for Ford government to roll out coordinated approach to addiction crisis

  A new group is behind a request to the province to work on an opioid treatment plan, which they hope would see a multi-ministry taskforce convened to coordinate a plan.

  Health

  Nov 7, 2024
• As losses mount in toxic opioid crisis, Ontario cities memorialize overdose victims

  'We need to memorialize what these folks, our friends and family members, have gone through, and their tragic passing in this crisis we're all facing.'

  Canada

  Sep 18, 2024
• ‘I loved him’: How one Regina group is making a difference preventing overdoses

  The Regina Overdose Outreach Team began as a pilot project in 2022, providing access to counselling and addiction programs. Some hope it will become permanent.

  Canada

  Sep 13, 2024
• B.C. government launches opioid treatment line but critics say the focus is still wrong

  The B.C. government launched an Opioid Treatment Access Line on Tuesday to help people access life-saving medication to treat opioid-use disorder and connect to same-day care.

  Health

  Aug 27, 2024
• Addiction recovery centre opens west of Edmonton

  Years after the government closed a facility west of Edmonton that supported homeless men with addiction issues, the province has reopened a new treatment centre at the site.

  Health

  Aug 15, 2024
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• Alberta records lowest single-month opioid death total in 4 years

  Provincial data shows Alberta recently had its lowest monthly opioid death total since April 2020. According to its report, 90 people died from opioid-related causes this April.

  Health

  Jul 19, 2024
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• Poilievre calls supervised consumption sites ‘drug dens,’ vows to close some

  'We will defund them. There will not be a single taxpayer dollar from the Poilievre government going to drug dens,' Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre said.

  Canada

  Jul 12, 2024