Opioids

• Opioid calls surpassing alcohol-related calls: Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service

  Recent data from the Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service shows opioid-related call volumes are now surpassing alcohol-related calls for the first time.

  Canada

  Jun 8
  
• Traces of fentanyl, other drugs found in some Ontario fish, study shows

  Researchers said while wastewater treatment plants do a good job at treating water, they were not designed to deal with the 'complexity' of compounds like fentanyl.

  Environment

  Apr 20
  
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• Loitering outside Calgary pharmacy raises concerns over safety

  Businesses and community members in Sunalta are growing more concerned over safety as the number of people seeking addiction treatment grows at a local pharmacy.

  Canada

  Mar 11
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• Animal tranquilizers are being mixed with fentanyl in Canada

  Opioid overdose deaths in Canada are falling, but there's growing concerns on a certain veterinary tranquilizer being cut into fentanyl and other opioids.

  Canada

  Mar 4
• Drug alert issued for medetomidine in Saskatoon

  Saskatchewan's Ministry of Health has released another drug alert regarding medetomidine, a veterinary sedative not reactive to naloxone and increasingly found in opioids.

  Canada

  Jan 30
• Rising drug poisonings prompt rare B.C.-wide alert over medetomidine

  The BC Centre for Disease Control has issued a provincewide drug alert as poisonings rise, warning that medetomidine is increasingly present in the unregulated drug supply.

  Canada

  Jan 28
• Alberta RCMP issue warning about opioid-laced drugs after teenager’s death

  RCMP are issuing a warning to Albertans about some counterfeit drugs that are laced with a potentially deadly dose of opioids that have been found in the province.

  Crime

  Jul 18, 2025
• More than 2K died of opioids in Ontario last year as numbers trend downward: data

  More than 2,200 Ontarians died from opioids last year, a 15 per cent decrease from 2023, newly released data from the Office of the Chief Coroner shows.

  Health

  Jun 5, 2025
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• Alberta opioid data shows drop in deaths, overdoses—but some are dying more than others

  While overdose rates have dropped amongst the middle-class, especially casual recreational users, the drug supply has become more dangerous for long-term addicts and the homeless.

  Health

  Feb 7, 2025
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• New pain pill approved in U.S. designed to cut risk of addiction

  U.S. officials approved a new type of pain pill designed to eliminate the risks of addiction and overdose associated with opioid medications like Vicodin and OxyContin.

  Health

  Jan 31, 2025