Carfentanil seized in Ottawa
By Michael Charlebois The world’s most dangerous street drug, carfentanil, has made its way to Ottawa. Police reported in early October that a Health Canada drug analysis of a heroin…
Editorial: City slow to respond to fentanyl crisis
By Nathan Caddell Earlier this month, it was announced that Ottawa firefighters would receive training with naloxone, the common antidote for fentanyl overdoses. This is unquestionably a good thing, as…
Students, parents schooled on drugs
By Rachel Dale Local school boards have been holding meetings with worried Ottawa parents to discuss ongoing efforts to warn students about drug dangers in the wake of two Kanata…
Opioids crisis deepens
By Rupert Nuttle In the wake of dozens of deaths in Ottawa in recent years caused by the street drug fentanyl, the city’s paramedics are bracing for a new source…
Paramedics want more naloxone as overdoses rise
By Rupert Nuttle Faced with a massive spike in opioid overdoses, Ottawa’s paramedics are joining paramedics across the province to demand twice their current supply of an antidote called naloxone….