Overdose

• Critics call for more frontline overdose supports as responses cause resource strain

  Calls are mounting in Saskatchewan for overdose-related emergency supports on frontlines following an increase in the number of overdose emergency calls in the province.

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  Jun 17
  
• Regina saw 100 overdoses in first 10 days of June: Health Ministry

  A spike in overdose-related calls in early June, and two overdose-related deaths, prompted the Ministry of Health to issue an overdose alert for Regina.

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  Jun 11
  
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• Saskatoon overdoses nearly doubled in 2025, fire department says

  The Saskatoon Fire Department reported a stark and significant increase in overdoses in 2025. Its crews responded to almost double the number of calls compared to 2024.

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  May 1
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• Public health issues drug poisoning alert for Haliburton County

  Lakelands Public Health warns that the suspected opioid circulating in Haliburton County may be contaminated with other substances.

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  Apr 30
• Advocate concerned about loss of family services after Prairie Harm Reduction closure

  An addictions podcaster and advocate says the loss of family services previously offered by now-shuttered Prairie Harm Reduction could have dire consequences for the community.

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  Apr 28
• Montreal public health warns of rise in overdoses linked to fentanyl mixtures

  Workers say rises in overdoses among opioid users are not unusual, but what is different now is the growing presence of carfentanil mixed with fentanyl.

  Canada

  Apr 25
• Overdose alert issued tied to drugs sold in Regina

  Regina saw 140 overdose calls in the first three weeks of April, according to the Saskatchewan Health Ministry, which said multiple calls resulted in cardiac arrest.

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  Apr 23
• Saskatoon ERs seeing more overdoses after drug site closure: union

  The closure of Saskatoon's only supervised drug consumption site seems to be having spillover effects in the city, including at one of its emergency rooms.

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  Apr 15
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• Saskatoon sees 150 overdose calls in under two weeks, prompting public alert

  A drug overdose alert is in effect for Saskatoon after 150 calls were made in the first 12 days of April, as officials of a higher risk of overdose for the city.

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  Apr 14
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• Okanagan mom found support, help in group after son died from overdose

  The Okanagan woman said her son David, who was 37 and a UBC student at the time, struggled with mental health and used substances to self-medicate.

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  Feb 24