"We must all show the compassion we have shown in addressing the COVID crisis," said Dr. Bonnie Henry as she responded to news 170 people had died of overdoses in May.

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

The ranking U.S. diplomat on drug enforcement policy is to visit Ottawa in July to kick-start a fresh round of co-operation between the two countries on tackling the opioid crisis.

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.

While naloxone might counteract the effects of the opioids — it doesn't work on the synthetic additives.

The city says any such inquiry should include probes of connections to real estate and the drug trade.

Simcoe Muskoka Opioid Strategy is hoping to submit the application by the summer.

According to Health Canada statistics, nearly 4,000 Canadians died from opioid-related overdose deaths last year.

Friday marks the last day of service for Halifax's mobile methadone clinic.