Grande Prairie started the year with the highest per capita rate of accidental fentanyl-related poisoning deaths in Alberta, says a provincial opioid surveillance report.From Jan. 1 to March 31, Grande Prairie had 11 fentanyl-related poisoning deaths with the rate calculated at 59 per 100,000 population....
A Toronto drug dealer who sold fentanyl and cocaine in Simcoe told a judge Thursday he’s done trafficking after seeing the effects of drugs while in jail awaiting trial.“I never used to understand the seriousness,” said Chung Din, 24, who pleaded guilty to possession of...
Seven Prescott-area residents were arrested in late June by Partners Against Narcotics Trafficking (PANT) detectives on a variety of drug offenses involving fentanyl, heroin and methamphetamine. “PANT would like to...
What to KnowArianna Mojica, 20, of Wilmington, Delaware, is accused of hiding drugs in iced tea cans while her 4-year-old stepdaughter was in the car. Police discovered fentanyl, crack cocaine and marijuana inside the iced tea cans, investigators said. Mojica's step-daughter was taken safely and...
The number of Ontarians taking carfentanil, and dying from it, has spiked since the year began, according to he province's chief medical officer of health.Dr. David Williams sent a warning to the province's public health units in late June about a "sharp increase" in the presence of the powerful fentanyl analogue. Using...
A Naloxone kit (Ezzah Bashir) Grande Prairie is once again the city with the highest per capita fentanyl-related deaths in the province. According to the Q1 2019 report released by Alberta Health, 11 people have died in the city so far this year due to...
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The Ontario Office of the Chief Coroner is warning of a sudden spike in overdose deaths caused by the highly toxic drug carfentanil.Chief Coroner Dr. Dirk Huyer said the effects of carfentanil were directly responsible for at least 142 deaths in the province in the...
A Niagara Falls man who assisted in the collection of about $19 million in drug proceeds was sentenced Wednesday in U.S. District Court to serve seven years in federal prison, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office. Prosecutors said that between January 2013 and September 2015, 45-year-old...
