The province said there have been several overdoses reported in the Glace Bay area, linked to the drug that tested positive for fentanyl. 

In July 2020, more opioid deaths were recorded than in any other month in the province's history.

The department said it was concerned about a possible spike in overdose deaths, amid street drugs that are almost four times as toxic as usual.

Four training sessions have been planned on Nov. 18 and 19 at Venture North on George St. N.

OPP have charged two people with manslaughter after they say a woman died of a fentanyl overdose in Picton, Ont., earlier this year.

A plan to equip its Guelph's public schools with the overdose-reversing drug naloxone is moving forward after it was paused due to COVID-19.

Emergency crews found five people unresponsive in a Surrey home on Saturday. It took four doses of naloxone each to revive them.

A report headed to Vancouver city council on Tuesday could see the approval of a supervised drug consumption site in the Yaletown neighbourhood.

According to the New Brunswick coroner's office, from January to the end of June, there have been 17 drug-related deaths in New Brunswick.

The team will be compromised of two addiction case managers, a peer support individual from PARN, and a paramedic, thanks to a federal cash.