Overdoses

• Fredericton police warn spike in drug overdoses is ‘significant’ and ‘not normal’

  There have been 33 overdose-related calls in September, and 13 of them were within a 24-hour period last week.

  Canada

  Sep 22, 2025
  
• Overdoses in Saskatoon are taking a toll on city’s first responders

  Saskatoon Fire reported 37 overdoses in the last 24 hours alongside several suspicious deaths which may be connected to the overdoses.

  Health

  Mar 6, 2025
  
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• Overdoses spike in Saskatchewan despite downward trend

  Overdoses in 2024 marked a four-year low for Saskatchewan. But recent overdoses in Saskatoon and alerts of dangerous drug supplies make optimism about the trend premature.

  Health

  Feb 27, 2025
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• A look at Saskatchewan overdoses ahead of the holidays

  Suspected and confirmed drug overdose deaths have seen a drastic decrease in Saskatchewan in the past year.

  Canada

  Dec 9, 2024
• Peterborough clinic’s safer-supply program reports drop in overdoses, drug use

  Approximately 86 per cent of individuals reported using less or no fentanyl after 12 months in the safe supply program based on data from May 2022 to December 2023.

  Health

  Jun 13, 2024
• Prairie Harm Reduction sees increase in fentanyl use in Saskatoon

  "We are seeing more and more people who are knowingly using fentanyl because that is what is available," said Prairie Harm Reduction (PHR) executive director Kayla DeMong.

  Canada

  Apr 30, 2024
• Overdoses, deaths prompt Haliburton, Kawartha Lakes, Northumberland Drug Strategy relaunch

  The goal of the drug strategy is to 'facilitate a collaborative, evidence-based approach to minimize the risks and harms associated with substance use.'

  Health

  Apr 23, 2024
• Peterborough drug alert extended after 5 more overdoses: health unit

  Peterborough Public Health reports another five drug overdoses on Feb. 13, following 14 on the weekend.

  Health

  Feb 14, 2024
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• ‘Larger plan’ needed for drug crisis after rash of overdoses: Belleville, Ont., mayor

  Belleville officials say 14 overdoses occurred within a two-hour span Tuesday afternoon, prompting police to issue an advisory urging residents to stay away from the downtown core.

  Canada

  Feb 7, 2024
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• Saskatoon paramedics administered Narcan 744 times in 2023

  In 2023, Saskatoon paramedics administering Narcan to patients a total of 744 times.

  Health

  Jan 30, 2024