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Drug crisis continues, city and province update emergency operations activation
As part of the crisis response, the Provincial Emergency Operations Centre, which was activated March 12, is also working ...
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Saskatoon Public Library temporarily closes 2 locations over overdose concerns
The drug crisis in Saskatoon is becoming too much to handle, as several community organizations have shut down due to the overwhelming number of overdoses. On Friday, the city’s only safe ...
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Saskatoon struggling with hundreds of overdoses in past month as city, province consider solutions
The Saskatoon Fire Department responded to 435 overdose incidents in the city from March 1 to 18, according to Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency (SPSA) president Marlo Pritchard. He said the number of ...
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Toronto supervised drug-use site challenging Ontario law that will close 10 sites
The City of Toronto’s board of health has also ... the last full year of available coroner’s data, more than 2,600 Ontarians died from opioids. The deaths hit all demographics, but opioid ...
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Woman’s body found in waters off Fort Totten in Queens, knife in bloody car nearby
An NYPD harbor unit brought the body ashore, and the city medical examiner will determine the cause of death. Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Click to share on Bluesky (Opens in ...
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Suspect dies in custody at Manhattan Criminal Court, second death there in month
The city medical examiner will determine the cause of death. In a statement, Audrey Martin, a spokeswoman for the Legal Aid Society, called the death “deeply troubling.” “This latest tragic ...
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Lack of affordable housing a big driver of overdose crisis: Saskatoon mayor
Saskatoon Mayor Cynthia Block on Tuesday identified the lack of affordable housing as one of the biggest reasons for the ...