Jacob Sears couldn’t provide a credible explanation for his actions, nurses college found
Since January 2016, over 29,000 Canadians have died from opioid-related causes
Propionyl chloride found in hillside home could have made 320 kg of pure fentanyl
Rising presence in the drug supply of potent synthetic opioids referred to as nitazenes
Calls have nearly tripled since 2015, BCEHS says
Opioid fatalities now represent over 20 per cent of all deaths investigated by Yukon’s coroner
Coroners service said that the death rate from illicit drug overdoses has risen to 39.4 per 100,000 residents
Deaths mark a 41% increase from March of last year
The year of the pandemic saw record-high overdose deaths
There are 23,000 people in the province using opioid alternatives
The initiative comes at a time when overdose deaths are spiking
COVID-19 crisis continues to exacerbate the overdose crisis
British Columbia saw more than 100 ‘illicit toxicity deaths’ each month between March and August
Top doctors have called for increased access to a safe supply of illicit drugs to prevent deaths
Feds launched a national consultation on supervised-consumption sites this week
B.C. hits grim milestone of more than 900 deaths in first seven months of 2020
There have been more than 15,000 apparent opioid-related deaths in Canada since 2016