Opioid Crisis

• Alert issued following spike in drug overdoses in Northumberland County

  The region's health unit says the drugs have inconsistent or increased potency, which is causing more severe overdose reactions.

  Crime

  11 hours
• Coalition says users were shut out of drug decriminalization proposal, demands redo

  "We cannot abide by the phony 'Vancouver Model' of decriminalization and refuse to be tokenized in petty political bids," reads the letter from groups representing users.

  Health

  May 11
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• Drugs seized, Scarborough man, youth arrested following high-risk traffic stop in Bancroft: OPP

  Investigators seized a quantity of drugs suspected to be fentanyl and cocaine along with cash and drug-related materials.

  Crime

  May 6
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• 2 arrested after fentanyl seized in Cobourg: police

  Cobourg Police Service and the Port Hope Police Service launched an investigation in late April targeting illegal drug activity.

  Crime

  May 5
• Suspected opioid deaths in Peterborough area rise to 20 so far in 2021: health unit

  In 2020 the Peterborough region's rate of opioid-related emergency department visits was 151 per 100,000 residents.

  Health

  May 5
• Three men arrested following gunpoint robbery at Peterborough home: police

  Officers responded to a reported break and enter and a gunpoint robbery involving three men at a home on Dublin Street on Monday morning.

  Crime

  May 4
• ‘Alarming’ spike in weekend drug overdoses in Peterborough area: health unit

  From Friday, April 30, to Sunday, Peterborough paramedics responded to 21 opioid-related calls for service.

  Health

  May 3
• Kelowna mom calling for safe drug supply as toxic drug deaths continue to climb

  The B.C. Coroners Service released its monthly report on Thursday, stating that 158 British Columbians died from an overdose in March, up 41 per cent from the same month last year.

  Canada

  Apr 29
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• Nearly 500 in B.C. died of an overdose in first three months of 2021, coroner reports

  Toxic illicit drugs have killed 498 people during the first three months of 2021. That's 97 more than the same time period last year.

  Health

  Apr 29
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• The meaning of empathy: Documentary examines the opioid crisis and community work being done on Blood Tribe

  An Indigenous filmmaker and member of the Kainai First Nations, is hoping her new film will shed light on the community work done on the Blood Tribe since the opioid crisis hit.

  Features

  Apr 26