BC Opioid Crisis

By Staff The Canadian Press Posted June 14, 2023 2:11 pm Descrease article font size Increase article…

A settlement has been reached with the Canadian arm of opioid manufacturer Purdue Pharma in the British Columbia-led legal action linked to the overdose crisis. The pharmaceutical company has agreed to pay $150 million in response to…

By Staff The Canadian Press Posted April 6, 2022 5:23 pm Smaller font Descrease article font…

It’s been years since Kevin Tierney has had so many reasons to hope. The 40-year-old resident of Metro Vancouver has been homeless, in prison, and homeless again as he worked through a crippling addiction to fentanyl and crystal…

The latest numbers from British Columbia’s coroner show suspected illicit drug toxicity deaths set new records in August and September, pushing total overdose deaths to another record for the first nine months of a calendar…

Canadians are increasingly concerned about the opioid crisis, a new survey has found. Conducted by Research Co. it found that 45 per cent of respondents from across Canada described prescription and non-prescription opioid drug…