Opioid-related deaths

• Lethbridge city committee votes down Moms Stop the Harm resolution

  A resolution put forward by Moms Stop the Harm Lethbridge will not move on to city council, after a unanimous vote by the community safety standing policy committee.

  Health

  Jun 2, 2021
  
• Community leaders urge Ford government to resume opening overdose prevention sites

  Health officials say 1,265 people died of opioid-related drug overdoses in 2017 in Ontario.

  Politics

  Oct 1, 2018
  
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• City of Vancouver calling for support of low-barrier opioid distribution pilot from provincial and federal governments

  "At the end of the day what this would do is help keep people alive."

  Health

  Jun 2, 2018
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• Canada breaks record for annual opioid-related deaths as crisis worsens

  More Canadians die because of opioids than motor vehicle accidents, according to new government data.

  Health

  Mar 28, 2018
• Opioid-related deaths in Ontario jump 52 per cent in 2017 compared to year before

  The province said there were 1,053 opioid-related deaths between January to October 2017 compared to 694 in 2016.

  Canada

  Mar 7, 2018
• Police issue warning after 3 found dead, 2 hospitalized from suspected drug overdoses in 3 days

  The deaths on Monday and Wednesday bring the total number of suspected overdose deaths in the city so far this year to five.

  Crime

  Jan 17, 2018
• More than 2 people a day dying of opioid overdoses in Ontario: study

  The rate of opioid-related deaths in the province has almost quadrupled over the last 25 years.

  Canada

  Apr 20, 2017