Tag: Canadian Mental Health Association
Opioid alert for Grey-Bruce after 8 overdoses, including a fatality
Grey Bruce Public Health is warning of another rash of suspected drug overdoses in the area, including the seventh time this summer that it has been notified of a fatal opioid poisoning. On Monday, public health issued a 22nd opioid alert to its community partners this year after it received reports of one fatal and […]
Public health issues eighth drug alert of the summer following fatal overdose
For the eighth time this summer Grey Bruce Public Health is sounding the alarm over the local street drug supply following reports of one fatal and four non-fatal drug poisonings over three days last week. Each of the most recent overdoses took place between August 23 and 25. Three of the reported overdoses occurred in […]
Grey Bruce Public Health issues opioid alert following fifth fatal drug poisoning this summer
A fifth suspected fatal drug poisoning this summer prompted public health to issue an opioid alert to community partners this week. Grey Bruce Public Health said in a media release the most recent suspected fatal overdose, along with three non-fatal drug poisonings, took place between Aug. 3 and Aug. 6. Two of the overdoses, including […]
Suspected drug poisonings lead to opioid alert in Grey-Bruce
Another opioid alert has been issued in Grey-Bruce after the local health unit was notified of two fatal and two-non-fatal suspected drug poisonings. The suspected drug poisonings occurred in Owen Sound and Meaford over the past seven days, with fentanyl suspected in three of the cases, including one fatality, Grey Bruce Public Health said in […]
Anonymous $1.1M donation saves program for low-income London women
A London program that offers affordable housing and other supports to low-income women in the city will continue, thanks to a $1.1-million gift from an anonymous donor to the Canadian Mental Health Association Thames Valley Addiction and Mental Health Services