Kwanlin Dün chief says overcrowding contributing to opioid deaths
The chief of Kwanlin Dün First Nation says stressors like lack of affordable housing, overcrowding…
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Alexander First Nation members say ‘enough is enough’ when it comes to drugs
Members of the Alexander First Nation, a small community less than an hour northwest of…
Investigation clears Winnipeg police in fatal arrest of First Nations man
Autopsy shows death caused by drug overdose
Piikani Nation facing overdose crisis during pandemic
Alberta’s Piikani Nation has seen a spike in opioid overdoses during the novel coronavirus pandemic….
Vancouver police dismantle one tent city only to have another pop up
‘I think it’s just about breaking us up as a community.’
Vancouver residents alarmed as pandemic brings spike in hate crimes, violence
“Hate is insidious. It spreads like a virus and impacts us all.”
‘We’ve been through this before’: Blood Tribe using lessons from the past to get through pandemic
The opioid crisis taught the largest First Nation in Canada how to deal with a major crisis.
Fayth’s Story: Love, addictions and determination on Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside
‘When her grandma passed away that’s when her world was taken from her.’
Drugs blamed for death of N.W.T. woman found along highway in B.C.
The mysterious death of Brittany Martel is no longer a mystery – the woman from …