To date, British Columbia, Toronto and Vancouver have asked Ottawa for section 56 exemption request
B.C. recorded 2,224 fatalities due to illicit drug overdoses in 2021
‘Usually, you just go to sleep… wake up later and you’re fine. But this night I wasn’t.’
The national line is one of many solutions to try to curb drug overdoses
Researchers says existing sites having positive influence on drug users’ behaviour
Opioid fatalities now represent over 20 per cent of all deaths investigated by Yukon’s coroner
The pandemic has disrupted the usual flow of illicit drugs and more toxic fentanyl-laced substances took their place
Const. Deepak Sood was recorded Sunday saying ‘I’ll smack you’ and ‘go back to selling drugs’ to a harm reduction advocate
Announcement comes on 5-year anniversary of B.C.’s first public health emergency
The year of the pandemic saw record-high overdose deaths
Pandemic exacerbated ongoing dire state of opioid crisis in B.C.
Iliajah Pidskalny rides to raise awareness, funds for Canadian drug policy change
Some addiction doctors have criticized the lack of safer drugs for those experiencing entrenched addiction
Kennedy Stewart says he’s encouraged by the federal health minister’s commitment to work with the city
It pins the blame largely on a lack of supports, a corrupted drug supply
B.C. is dealing with two public health crises
The initiative comes at a time when overdose deaths are spiking
Top doctors have called for increased access to a safe supply of illicit drugs to prevent deaths
B.C. hits grim milestone of more than 900 deaths in first seven months of 2020
There have been more than 15,000 apparent opioid-related deaths in Canada since 2016
