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Winnipeg 

Overdose Awareness Manitoba lines Churchill Drive with black balloons to remember lives lost

February 28, 2021 Canuck Black Balloon Day, Canada, Death, Drugs, Meth, Opioid, Overdose, overdose awareness, Overdose Awareness Manitoba

138 pictures of black balloons can be seen attached to trees on Churchill Drive along the river in Winnipeg. The

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Regina 

‘Grabbed my keys and ran’: Regina woman details emergency naloxone revival

February 23, 2021 Canuck Addiction, Addictions crisis, Canada, Drugs, Evan Bray, Fentanyl, Naloxone, Narcan, News, Overdose, Queen City Patrol, Regina Board of Police Commissioners, Regina Police Service, RPS

A swift response from a woman already dedicated to making Regina safer may have saved a life Monday night. “I

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Edmonton 

Addiction expert warns of drugs laced with opioids as 4 young Albertans die of apparent overdoses

February 22, 2021 Canuck Addictions, Alberta crime, Alberta health, carfentanyl, Crime, Drugs, Drumheller, Fatal overdose, Fentanyl, Health, Laced Drugs, Opioids, Overdose, Rosedale

RCMP are continuing to investigate the deaths of three people in the Drumheller area over the weekend that they suspect

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Regina 

Pandemic hasn’t affected drug trafficking in Saskatchewan: Police

February 21, 2021 Canuck Canada, Canadian borders, Drug Trafficking, Fentanyl, Overdose, Saskatchewan Coronavirus, saskatchewan covid-19, Saskatchewan News, Saskatchewan Overdose

Nearly one year ago Canada shut its borders to protect Canadians from COVID-19. But something deadly is still getting in.

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Regina 

Saskatoon man cycles 1,670 km to raise awareness for Canadian overdose crisis

February 5, 2021 Canuck Bicycle, Bicycle Trip, bike trip, Canada, Cycle To Stop The Harm, Health, Iliajah Pidskalny, Marie Agioritis, Okanagan, Overdose, overdose awareness, Saskatchewan News, Saskatoon News, Sports, Travelling, Vancouver, Western Canada

Iliajah Pidskalny’s bicycle journey across Western Canada to raise money and awareness for the country’s overdose crisis began in Saskatoon

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Regina 

A third of 2020’s confirmed fatal drug overdoses happened in rural Saskatchewan

January 25, 2021 Canuck Canada, Carfentanil, drug use, drugs in Saskatchewan, Fentanyl, Health, Overdose, rural drug overdoses, rural drug use in Saskatchewan, Saskatchewan drug use, saskatchewan drugs, Saskatchewan News, Saskatchewan rural drug use

Colleen Larocque says her grandchildren have been getting hassled at their small-town Saskatchewan school since their father died. “Parents are

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Regina 

Weyburn, Sask., police report 2 suspected drug overdose deaths, 1 revival

January 15, 2021 Canuck Canada, Narcan, Overdose, Saskatchewan News, Suspected Drug Overdoses, Weyburn, Weyburn Police Service, Weyburn Saskatchewan

The Weyburn Police Service recently responded to three suspected drug overdoses within 36 hours this week. Officers first responded around

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