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Fentanyl seized after traffic stop on highway near Regina
The Regina Police Service seized about 300 grams of fentanyl after a traffic stop on the Trans-Canada Highway just west of the city on Thursday. According to police, officers from the Regina Drug Unit...
May 01, 2020 (980 CJME file photo)
Seven deaths linked to overdoses in Regina so far in 2020
The Regina Police Service said Monday that seven people in the city have died due to drug overdoses since Jan. 1 and five other deaths are still under investigation. In a media release, the police ser...
Mar 30, 2020
Police, coroner investigating Regina woman's death
The Regina Police Service and the Saskatchewan Coroners Service are investigating the recent death of a 19-year-old woman in what they believe is a drug overdose. According to a media release issued T...
Mar 26, 2020 (980 CJME file photo)
Regina police seize fentanyl, cash and handgun in drug raid
A drug bust that required the assistance of the Regina Police Service's SWAT team resulted in the seizure of about 450 grams of fentanyl. Five people from Edmonton are facing drug and weapons charges ...
Mar 16, 2020
'There is hope:' Addictions expert speaks on opioid crisis
An addictions treatment expert wants families and addicts to know there is hope for recovery if they treat it as a disease instead of a drug problem. Regina police are continuing to warn people about ...
Feb 19, 2020 Naloxone kits are available for free to anyone who may be likely to witness a fatal opioid overdose. (980 CJME file photo)
Regina police update number of drug overdoses
The Regina Police Service continues to deal with a high number of drug overdoses in the city. Less than a week after saying its officers had responded to more than a dozen overdoses in 2 1/2 days, the...
Feb 14, 2020 (980 CJME file photo)
'People don't need to die:' Regina man opens up about opioid addiction
For Josh Bundus, the term "opioid crisis" is too impersonal to describe the opiate addiction that killed his brother, devastated his family and nearly destroyed his own life. "My family has been devas...
Feb 12, 2020 Brothers Josh and Jordan Bundus both dealt with serious addictions to opioid drugs. Jordan died in 2015 but his brother is still on the road to recovery. (Submitted photo)
Regina police report five more drug overdoses
The Regina Police Service said Tuesday it had responded to five more drug overdoses since attending more than a dozen calls on the weekend. On Monday, the police said officers had responded to 14 over...
Feb 11, 2020 (980 CJME file photo)
Regina police, paramedics respond to numerous drug overdoses
The Regina Police Service believes fentanyl was at the root of a number of drug overdoses in the city over the weekend. In a media release Monday, police said officers responded to 14 overdoses in a s...
Feb 10, 2020
Report tells Health Canada to rethink funding in opioids fight
OTTAWA - How governments fund the country's fight against the opioid crisis might explain "a lack of progress" on the issue, say newly disclosed documents on an alternative Health Canada is considerin...
Feb 04, 2020 (The Canadian Press)
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