Overdose Awareness Manitoba

• Manitoba campaign aims to show faces behind drug overdose crisis

  The Purple Ribbon Campaign will run until the end of August and has 12 vigil sites across Manitoba to remember those lost due to drug overdose.

  Canada

  Aug 9, 2021
  
• Kindness bag campaign to raise awareness of overdoses in Manitoba

  Overdose Awareness Manitoba says the kindness bag campaign is a way to brighten the day of people in need, and honour the memories of those who lost battles with substance use.

  Health

  Jul 26, 2021
  
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• Manitoba NDP push for bill ensuring more transparency, quicker reporting of drug overdose deaths

  "At this point we don't have the data for 2021, we know up until October of 2020 that there were 259 fatalities due to overdoses."

  Canada

  Apr 11, 2021
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• 1 street, 1,000 needles: Bear Clan Patrol fears more as snow melts

  As the Bear Clan Patrol scours the streets finding hundreds of needles, a local organization is calling for a safer supply from the government.

  Health

  Mar 6, 2021
• Overdose Awareness Manitoba lines Churchill Drive with black balloons to remember lives lost

  "We're on track to be our worst year in overdose cases," overdose awareness advocate Rebecca Rummery said.

  Canada

  Feb 28, 2021
• Winnipeg advocates band together with politicians, police to raise awareness of overdose deaths

  The photo is part of a national campaign aimed at signalling support for harm-reduction measures to prevent overdose deaths. 

  Health

  Jul 26, 2020
• WRHA pulls Grace Hospital brochure on pain medication

  The Winnipeg Regional Health Authority has pulled a pamphlet on pain medication that was used by the Grace Hospital, Global News has learned.

  Canada

  Feb 24, 2020
• Winnipeg group helping ease the pain of families who have lost loved ones to opioid overdose

  A Winnipeg support group is going above an beyond to make sure those who need support get it, before it's too late.

  Health

  Sep 2, 2019