B.C. announces $20M in support for Indigenous communities battling overdoses
Indigenous people are five times more likely to experience a non-fatal overdose.
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Fear the Walking Dead actor Justin Rain returns to his Prince Albert home
Cree actor Justin Rain who plays Crazy Dog on Fear the Walking Dead paid a visit to Saskatchewan communities over Christmas.
Indigenous women targeted as street gangs flood Thunder Bay
She needed the money so she let the gang members in her home. Then things…
Sister Space: A look at the first and only female safe injection site which opened up in Vancouver
In an effort to curb the number of overdose deaths among women on Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, a new facility has opened its doors.
Surviving addiction to the opioid, Fentanyl – InFocus
From hard core addicts to recreational users, the impact of opioid addiction and why Fentanyl is taking so many lives
B.C.’s First Nations leaders suspect high rate of overdose deaths
The Canadian Press First Nations leaders in British Columbia say they suspect the deadly opioid…
APTN Investigates – Killer Pain
Over 1000 preventable deaths. Will society accept the solutions?
‘It is important that communities speak to those of us who are at risk’ The Fentanyl crisis in Canada
Surprisingly, when you contact Health Canada for national statistics on Fentanyl overdoses, there are none.
The deptarment said it receives incomplete information from the provinces and territories so officials can’t paint an accurate picture of how many people have died last year from this drug.
Family critical of police for allowing crime scene photos to be taken
Ann Jirousek describes her niece as a wild bird. Beautiful, wild, free-spirited, strong and brave.