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Northern Alberta chiefs declare emergency over mental health, addictions crisis

A tribal council representing five First Nations in northeast Alberta have declared a state of emergency over an escalating mental health and addictions crisis. Athabasca Tribal...

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‘We hit it hard’: Alberta First Nation’s war on drug trafficking reducing overdoses

Blood Tribe Police Service Const. Manasse Gabor stands outside of a boarded up house in Standoff, Alta., on Friday, Aug. 25, 2023.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh By Bill...

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Record number of suspected overdose deaths in Montreal in the last year

The director of a Montreal safe-injection site says the city saw a record number of drug-related deaths in the last year. Injection booths are seen at...

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‘An early warning’: Researchers see spike in opioids in Alberta wastewater samples

University of Calgary researchers check monitoring equipment as they track traces of COVID-19 in the wastewater system in Calgary on July 14, 2021. Researchers say the...

Addictions4 weeks ago

B.C. on pace for deadliest year in drug crisis as July brings another 198 deaths

Items are seen on the ground as paramedics from B.C. Ambulance respond to a drug overdose in downtown Vancouver, Wednesday, June 23, 2021. British Columbia is...

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Montreal Chinatown residents urge city to act against crime, drug use

The Chinatown gate is seen on Thursday, March 9, 2023, in Montreal. Residents of Montreal’s Chinatown are urging the city to act against what they describe...

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Ontario reviewing supervised consumption sites after Toronto shooting death

A woman weeps as mourners tie yellow ribbons and flowers to a fence following public vigil for Karolina Huebner-Makurat, in Toronto, Monday, July 17, 2023. Ontario...

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B.C.’s local politicians push for expanding drug prohibitions where children gather

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Change to B.C. drug decriminalization policy prohibits use near playgrounds, parks

Afghanistan is the fastest-growing maker of methamphetamine, UN drug agency says

Northern Alberta chiefs declare emergency over mental health, addictions crisis

‘We hit it hard’: Alberta First Nation’s war on drug trafficking reducing overdoses

Record number of suspected overdose deaths in Montreal in the last year

‘An early warning’: Researchers see spike in opioids in Alberta wastewater samples

B.C. on pace for deadliest year in drug crisis as July brings another 198 deaths

Montreal Chinatown residents urge city to act against crime, drug use

Ontario reviewing supervised consumption sites after Toronto shooting death