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Sask. Highway Patrol, RCMP make big fentanyl bust
Christmas came a few days early for members of the Saskatchewan Highway Patrol and the RCMP; on Tuesday last week, they busted a vehicle carrying 3,100 doses' worth of fentanyl. In a news release, RCM...
Dec 23, 2019 A joint police force unit staffed by the Saskatchewan Highway Patrol and members of the RCMP seized 3,100 doses' worth of fentanyl and other suspected drugs during a traffic stop west of Swift Current on Dec. 17, 2019. (Submitted Saskatchewan RCMP)
$260-million deal averts first federal trial on opioid crisis
CLEVELAND - The nation's three biggest drug distributors and a major drugmaker reached an 11th-hour, $260 million settlement over the toll of the opioids in two Ohio counties, averting what would have...
Oct 21, 2019 Attorney Joe Rice, center, speaks to the media outside the U.S. Federal courthouse, Monday, Oct. 21, 2019, in Cleveland. The nation's three dominant drug distributors and a big drugmaker have reached a $260 million deal to settle a lawsuit related to the opioid crisis just as the first federal trial over the crisis was due to begin Monday. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)
Saskatoon police add to list of recent overdoses
Saskatoon police are renewing calls for caution after responding to nine overdose calls in the past nine days. A media release from the weekend detailed five overdose calls that police responded to in...
Sep 16, 2019
RCMP issues another warning about fentanyl in Sask.
The RCMP has linked fentanyl to another death in Saskatchewan. In a media release Wednesday, the Assiniboia RCMP said new evidence had determined a man's death in that town in March was the result of ...
Jul 31, 2019
Opioid-related death count up to more than 11,500 nationally: government data
OTTAWA - Canada's opioid crisis claimed the lives of more than 11,500 people between January 2016 and December 2018, the Public Health Agency of Canada reported Thursday. New data shows that 4,460 peo...
Jun 13, 2019 THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graeme Roy
Canadian drug makers hit with $1.1B suit for pushing opioids despite risks
TORONTO - Canadian drug makers enriched themselves at the expense of vulnerable patients by illegally and deceptively promoting highly addictive opioids that have killed thousands in recent years, a p...
May 15, 2019
Small communities grapple with ‘huge challenge’ of opioid crisis
OTTAWA - In the small town of Arnprior, nestled into the Ottawa Valley, at least five suspected opioid overdoses in the span of week prompted police to issue a public warning. Access to extremely dang...
May 13, 2019
Manslaughter charge laid in inmate's fentanyl-related death
For the first time in Saskatchewan, the RCMP has laid manslaughter charges in connection to a fentanyl-related death. Nikolai Ellson, 22, has been charged after an investigation into the death of Kirk...
Apr 18, 2019
Deadly overdoses in 2018 lead to new charges
New charges, including manslaughter, are being laid in connection with a deadly string of drug overdoses last year in Saskatoon. Charges of manslaughter, criminal negligence causing death, and crimina...
Feb 21, 2019
Mom of fentanyl overdose victim demands better addictions care
A Saskatchewan mother, alongside the NDP, is advocating for better access to mental health and addictions care in the province. Genny Churchill's son, Jordan Wakelam, died of a fentanyl overdose in Ja...
Nov 08, 2018 Jordan Wakelam died of a fentanyl overdose while on a wait list for mental health and drug treatment on Jan. 27, 2018. (Jessie Anton/980 CJME)
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