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Listen to this article Estimated 4 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday declaring fentanyl a weapon of mass …
Read More »Fraser, Anandasangaree, Canada’s fentanyl czar meeting with U.S. attorney general
Justice Minister Sean Fraser, Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree and Canada’s fentanyl czar, Kevin Brosseau, will be meeting with U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi in Washington this afternoon to discuss the Canadian government’s work to strengthen its criminal justice system and border security, a source tells CBC. Fraser will discuss the criminal justice reforms …
Read More »N.B. opioid deaths involving fentanyl at all-time high, says Public Health
Laura MacNeill says a regular client of Avenue B Harm Reduction died from a fentanyl overdose last week. Those tragedies have become increasingly common, the executive director said, noting Avenue B staff have witnessed people overdose while sitting in the Saint John office. “We see these folks, we look at their face, we know their story,” MacNeill …
Read More »Deadly opioid 40 times more powerful than fentanyl smuggled into Canada inside PlayStations, basketballs
The video call is grainy, but it’s crystal clear what the person on the phone is trying to sell: illicit drugs, packaged and ready to be shipped to Canada. The seller, who goes by the name Kim, says he sells cocaine, methamphetamine, MDMA and nitazenes, a powerful class of synthetic …
Read More »Drug precursors the new ‘primary threat’ entering Canada as fentanyl imports drop
With criminal networks shifting to domestic production of fentanyl and other opioids, the focus of law enforcement at Canada’s borders has now shifted to the chemicals used to make the deadly drugs. The Public Health Agency of Canada estimates that more than 47,000 Canadians have died of toxic drug overdoses …
Read More »Rising threat of nitazenes joins fentanyl in Canada’s toxic drug supply
The toxic drug crisis has taken more than 47,000 lives in Canada since 2016 and the synthetic opioid fentanyl has become a household name. But now, what’s believed to be an even more potent class of synthetic drugs is showing up in drug busts across the country: nitazenes. RCMP in …
Read More »First annual Fentanyl Awareness Day Walk in Manitoba honours those lost to overdose – Winnipeg
Friday was a bittersweet day for Joseph Fourre, as dozens gathered at The Forks for a walk in honour of his son. “I’m not going to say I don’t miss him everyday. Especially today because today was his birthday,” Joseph said. In April 2023, Joseph lost his 31-year-old son Harlan …
Read More »Ontario has a new supervised consumption site. Funding leaves its future in limbo
Jasmine Flynn grew up in a house where both her parents struggled with addiction before her mother eventually passed away after a fentanyl overdose in 2021. Flynn said she has her “own lived experience with homeless and drug use and street life culture” but is currently in a good place, …
Read More »Winnipeg cops arrest suspects from Mexico in $1.3M meth, fentanyl bust – Winnipeg
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Two people from Mexico are in custody after an investigation by the Winnipeg police guns and gangs unit led to the seizure of more than $1.3 million in meth and fentanyl last month. Police said they raided a James Avenue home Oct. …
Read More »Winnipeg man charged with money laundering after year-long probe into drug profits – Winnipeg
Descrease article font size Increase article font size The Manitoba RCMP’s organized crime unit says it has charged a Winnipeg man with money laundering — among other charges — as part of Project Doom, an investigation into suspicious activities in local casinos that began last October. Police said 30-year-old Mohammad …
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