Overdose Death

• B.C. parents sue shelter after son’s fatal overdose

  Gladys Akimana was living in a shelter in August 2022, run by Covenant House Vancouver when he overdosed on a mix of opioids and alcohol.

  Health

  Aug 27, 2024
  
• Kitchener man charged with manslaughter after opioid death in Huron County

  A Kitchener man is facing a manslaughter charge in connection with a 2023 opioid overdose death in Huron County, according to Ontario Provincial Police.

  Crime

  Apr 2, 2024
  
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• More than 75 per cent of fatal drug overdoses in Montreal occurred at home, public health finds

  Montreal's public health department released its latest numbers, which showed that 175 people died of suspected drug overdoses in the last year.

  Health

  Aug 31, 2023
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• B.C. man’s death undiscovered for days at supportive housing facility

  Joshua Soestmeyer died at the Cliff Block, a 16-room facility, on July 22, but was apparently dead for days before anyone realized.

  Health

  Aug 22, 2023
• 3 dead after suspected overdoses in Regina within the last 24 hours

  The Regina Police Service confirmed to three suspected overdoses in Regina in the last 24 hours.

  Crime

  Jul 19, 2023
• Body found in Forest Heights park identified; police believe ‘non-criminal’ death occurred elsewhere

  The Calgary Police Service is attempting to piece together the final days of a 35-year-old woman who was found dead in a southeast Calgary park, saying her family deserves closure.

  Crime

  Jul 6, 2023
• Advocates warn of alarming rise in toxic drug deaths among B.C. international students

  The president of a Surrey gurdwara says he knows of four deaths this month alone, and that his temple has spent $200,000 returning victims' bodies to India in the last two years.

  Health

  Jan 17, 2023
• ‘Generally we’re losing somebody a week’: N.B. advocates concerned over homeless deaths

  Advocates worry that as the winter season approaches, support services lack help for people living on the streets of Saint John.

  Canada

  Nov 30, 2022
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• Nova Scotia judge sentences man to prison time in overdose death, calls it a ‘very difficult case’

  Jesse Arthur Simpson appeared for his sentencing at the Nova Scotia Law Courts in Halifax, for his involvement in the overdose death of Cameron Annette Clairmont.

  Canada

  Oct 25, 2022
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• Nearly 1,500 drug deaths in B.C. this year, including 5.5 per day in August

  The coroners service in British Columbia says nearly 1,500 people have died this year from illicit drug use in the province.

  Health

  Sep 28, 2022