New substance use health emergency strategy released in Yukon
Timelines and overall cost still in the works says health and social services minister.
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Winnipeg drug consumption site faces uncertain future
People who use the site will be forced to go back to unsafe spaces, officials with Sunshine House say.
First Nations life expectancy plummets in Alberta due to opioid deaths
First Nations women and men have had their life expectancy decline seven years since 2015.
Regina mom wants daughter’s overdose death investigated as possible homicide
The mother of a 25-year-old woman who died of a drug overdose on Nov. 8,…
Watson Lake inquest begins into infant girl’s death
Kaiya Sandra Faith Stone-Kirk died after being put to sleep on an adult sized bed
Reports on Whitehorse Emergency Shelter outline issues that need to be addressed
Yukon’s Coroner Service (YCS) says so far in 2023, two people who used the Whitehorse…
HIV rates spike among Indigenous people in Manitoba
Advocates say the province must do more to control infection rates.
‘Things are getting worse’ says addictions expert with Native Addictions Council of Manitoba
When the Native Addictions Council of Manitoba (NACM) was first created in 1972, it became…
Father of man who died in The Pas wants changes to how people talk about drugs
The father of a 31-year-old man who died after he unknowingly took a drug laced…