Alberta Health Services has come out with a warning for those who use illegal drugs after the number of calls for opioid-related emergencies more than doubled in Edmonton last month over the same month last year.

A report for the Alberta government has raised concerns that a large number of methamphetamine users are frequenting supervised consumption sites that were designed to respond to opioid overdoses.

Emergency crews were called to the site on Victoria Street, near Yonge-Dundas Square, at around 5:15 p.m. for reports of a "medical emergency."

A Toronto police spokesperson told Global News emergency crews were first called to the Victoria Street office, which houses a supervised injection site, at around 5:15 p.m. on Wednesday.

Hamilton continues to grapple with the opioid epidemic, although a partnership of community agencies is working to reduce both the harm and stigma associated with the crisis.

Public Health Ontario has released updated statistics that indicate 435 people died from opioid-related causes from January to March 2019 - up from 307 deaths during the same period in 2018.

More than 2,000 Canadians were killed by opioids in the first six months of this year, according to a new report.

Penticton averages 20 calls each month for potential drug overdoses. So far this month, paramedics have responded to 18 calls, according to ambulance paramedics.

As overdose deaths begin to fall in B.C., the provincial health authority is highlighting the impact naloxone is having on curbing the death toll.

Even when a family member gets lower doses of opioids, the overdose risk is almost three times higher than in a family where nobody has been prescribed them.