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A teaspoon of spice added to a chicken recipe at a restaurant just north of Toronto set off a chain reaction that rippled all the way to Canada’s West Coast and beyond. The chicken was prepared at Delight Restaurant & BBQ on Castlemore Avenue in Markham, Ont. It was served …
Read More »Drug poisoning deaths down in Alberta compared to 2021, proportion of opioid deaths up
Drug poisoning deaths in Alberta have once again surpassed the 1,300 mark for a third year in a row. Data updated this month from the Alberta substance use surveillance system show there were 1,443 drug poisoning deaths in the province from January to November 2022, 1,347 of which were caused …
Read More »‘Mass poisoning crisis’: Canadians need to change how we talk about drug deaths, advocates say
There’s a poisoning crisis gripping Canada, and it’s killing thousands of people each year. It doesn’t involve contaminated meat, lettuce or baby formula – the kinds of safety issues that prompt public concern, product recalls, and holding those responsible to account. It’s a vastly different response to Canada’s toxic drug …
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