TOPICS

Opioid Crisis

thumbnail
Yukon court sentences first person for manslaughter in fatal overdose case August 28, 2024 Jared Skookum was sentenced to two years less a day   Read more.
thumbnail
Yukon legislature passes motion to conduct review of organization that operates emergency shelter in Whitehorse May 3, 2024 Yukon's minister of health and social services commits to review   Read more.
thumbnail
Federal addictions minister says B.C public decriminalization reversal under review April 29, 2024 The federal minister for addictions and mental health says it’s too early to draw conclusions...   Read more.
thumbnail
Inquest into 4 Whitehorse shelter deaths begins April 8, 2024 An inquest into the deaths of four First Nations women who died at Whitehorse emergency...   Read more.
thumbnail
Winnipeg parents charged after police say 1-year-old girl died of fentanyl exposure February 5, 2024 Const. Claude Chancy say more children are being exposed to fentanyl and other fatal substances in the home   Read more.
thumbnail
Treaty 6 Chiefs declare state of emergency over opioid deaths July 10, 2023 Treaty 6 chiefs are speaking out about drug poisoning    Read more.
thumbnail
First Nations life expectancy plummets in Alberta due to opioid deaths July 4, 2023 First Nations women and men have had their life expectancy decline seven years since 2015.    Read more.
thumbnail
Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation declares substance use emergency April 25, 2023 Chief of the northernmost First Nation in Yukon says her community isn’t immune to the addictions crisis.   Read more.
thumbnail
‘21 seconds’: Anatomy of the police shooting that killed Josephine Pelletier April 4, 2023 ASIRT clears Calgary police tactical officers in 2018 basement barricade incident   Read more.