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First manslaughter charge laid in Yukon in relation to overdose death
Jared Skookum has been charged with manslaughter in the April 2022 death of Stephanie Pye.
First Nation in Yukon declares state of emergency following double homicide
The First Nation of Na-Cho Nyäk Dun made the declaration on March 14.
Bennett backs supervised consumption sites day after Manitoba bill on licensing them
“We want to make sure that nothing is increasing the barriers to people getting harm reduction,” said Bennett.
Report details a decade of deaths and injuries connected to Alberta’s child welfare system
Alberta’s Advocate for Children and Youth has released 10 years of disturbing statistics. The new…
Yukon’s substance use emergency declaration ‘just blank words’ says advocate
Health and Social Services Minister Tracy-Anne McPhee declared the emergency last January in response to a spike in drug overdose deaths.
‘These deaths were preventable’: First Nations people make up 15% of drug overdoses in B.C.
The chief coroner in British Columbia says 11,000 people have died from an overdose since…
B.C., feds announce measures to reduce number of overdose deaths
British Columbia and the federal government say they’re taking steps to save lives as the…
Another tragic year for opioid-related deaths in the Yukon
17 of 25 people who died of opioid-related deaths this year were Indigenous