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Descrease article font size Increase article font size The province says it intends to light the Manitoba Legislative Building in purple Saturday to recognize International Overdose Awareness Day. At the legislature Friday morning, Housing, Addictions and Homelessness Minister Bernadette Smith said the province is seeing too many deaths from drug …
Read More »Hundreds gather for Recovery Day in Winnipeg – Winnipeg
At The Forks in Winnipeg on Sunday afternoon, Ian Rabb facilitated a celebration for people recovering from addiction. “I’ve lost 45 people a year for the past few years, of families and people I’ve worked with in addiction. So it usually is the sad stories,” said Rabb, co-chair of Recovery …
Read More »More than 75 per cent of fatal drug overdoses in Montreal occurred at home, public health finds
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Montreal public health authorities say 175 deaths related to suspected drug overdoses occurred in the city over the past year and the majority of those fatalities took place at home. The latest data was released Thursday to coincide with International Overdose Awareness …
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