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• KFL&A chief medical officer warns 4 deaths could be linked to cocaine laced with fentanyl

  Chief medical officer warns cocaine laced with Fentanyl may have caused four deaths.

  Health

  Sep 2, 2020
• Interior Health issues drug alert after carfentanil detected in Salmon Arm, B.C. drug supply

  Carfentanil is an opioid that’s 100 times more toxic than fentanyl — and 10,000 times more toxic than morphine.

  Dec 23, 2019
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• Hockey coach misconduct allegations spark countrywide discussions around ‘hockey culture’

  Recently, the highest level of professional hockey has had a dark spotlight cast on it over allegations of coaching misconduct, ranging from racial slurs to physical abuse.

  Sports

  Dec 6, 2019
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• Industry-led household hazardous waste program one step closer in Saskatchewan

  A new program will reduce the amount of household hazardous waste improperly disposed of in Saskatchewan landfills, according to Dustin Duncan.

  Environment

  Jul 5, 2019
• Saskatoon woman asking city to ban toxic bird control substance

  Living Sky Wildlife Rehabilitation executive director Jan Shadick said 30 of the 35 pigeons brought to her this year have shown symptoms of being poisoned.

  Canada

  May 6, 2019
• 2 dogs sickened from eating PCP at Kits Beach, and now owners are being warned

  "It's like rat poison. If someone spread it on the grass, you don't know."

  Crime

  Nov 24, 2017
• Lights Out: The Rise and Fall of CGE Peterborough Part 5 — What does the future hold?

  By mid-2018, other than a small portion of space leased to BWXT Nuclear, the 44-acre General Electric Canada factory complex in Peterborough will be occupied by 50 employees.

  Canada

  Nov 21, 2017
• Lights Out: The Rise and Fall of CGE Peterborough Part 4: ‘Toxic Legacy’

  Several hundred former employees of CGE and their families are fighting for compensation for what they say are illnesses caused by exposure to toxic chemicals.

  Health

  Nov 14, 2017
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• Estey’s Bridge residents protest nearby quarry over health concerns

  Residents in Estey’s Bridge, N.B. say they’re concerned about large amounts of quarry dust in the community and want the provincial government to stop operation of the quarry currently operating on the outskirts of Fredericton.

  Environment

  Sep 14, 2017
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• Evacuation order lifted in West Elgin, following industrial blaze

  OPP and the local fire department issued an evacuation order, out of concern that fumes from an industrial blaze were toxic.

  Mar 28, 2017