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Diane Nolan stays up late every night, unable to rest or relax, scared that she could lose her child. A month ago, Nolan got a call that her daughter, 35, had overdosed while her partner was doing the dishes. She spent nine days in the Whitehorse General Hospital, but she …
Read More »Particularly in the north, the opioid crisis is top of mind this Ontario election
When Felicia Fahey heads to the ballot box June 2, her cousin, Steven Legault, will be top of mind. In September 2020, Legault died of an accidental overdose. “It just rocked our entire family. He was just like a brother to me. … to see him succumb to something that was so …
Read More »Thunder Bay leads Ontario in opioid deaths per capita. Here’s how 2 organizations handle the crisis
Outside the entrance to the community warming shelter on the north-side downtown core in Thunder Bay, Ont., paramedics respond to a suspected overdose. Staff at Elevate NWO, a community-based harm reduction organization in northwestern Ontario, had called 911 after an individual was non-responsive in its lobby. At the same time, staff …
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