Tag: Opioid overdoses
Survivors of opioid epidemic gather in Owen Sound to mourn and raise awareness
It’s been five years since Galja Sheardown’s husband died of an opioid overdose at their Owen Sound home. Five years since Sheardown turned pain into advocacy, and five years of being the driving force behind the city’s annual We Remember Them event that took place downtown Saturday morning at the Owen Sound Famers’ Market. Those […]
Grey-Bruce’s 25th opioid alert of 2024 issued; another fatality reported
Grey Bruce Public Health has issued an opioid alert for the 25th time in 2024 after, over a recent 24-hour period, there were three suspected drug poisonings, including one fatality. The local health unit issued the alert to its community partners and people who use unregulated substances on Tuesday after receiving notification of the suspected […]
Fentanyl suspected in latest Owen Sound overdose death
Grey Bruce Public Health issued its 24th opioid alert this year after it was notified of a suspected fatal opioid-related overdose. Fentanyl is believed to be responsible for this fatality, in Owen Sound on Monday, Oct. 28. Last year the health unit issued opioid alerts 18 times. They’re issued after there’s been three or more opioid overdoses […]
Coroner’s inquests called into London police custody deaths
Inquests will be held into the deaths of three people who died in London police custody, the province announced Tuesday. The inquests will examine the deaths of Amanda Bolt, 28, Fabian Hart, 46, and Christopher Campbell, 55, the office of the chief coroner of Ontario said. A coroner’s inquest is a formal hearing where the […]
Nesathurai: Start a conversation about substance abuse today
Dorothy Bakker is a remarkable and vivacious woman and an accomplished medical school professor.