Tag: overdose
‘Safe supply’ drugs being diverted, sold in London and beyond: Police
A skyrocketing amount of drugs from safe supply programs in London are being diverted to the streets, police said Monday
Public Health ‘ deeply concerned’ as latest opioid alert issued
Grey Bruce Public Health has issued its seventh opioid alert in a little over a month following another string of drug poisonings, including one that was fatal. The latest alert to community partners was issued by public health on Monday, after receiving notification of one fatal and three non-fatal drug poisonings in the areas over […]
Temporary overdose prevention sites eyed in Oxford, Elgin
With approval of supervised drug use sites paused by the provincial government, an area health unitâs top doctor is exploring alternative options to address an increase in opioid-related deaths since the COVID-19 pandemic.
Conservatives, London doctor spar over safe supply comments
The federal Conservatives are calling for a London doctor’s medical licence to be revoked and have accused her of lying about safer opioid supply.
Man charged with manslaughter in Owen Sound overdose case
Owen Sound police charged a 27-year-old man with manslaughter and fentanyl trafficking after a 37-year-old man overdosed in the city and was pronounced dead at hospital. Police said in a news release Thursday that officers and paramedics responded to a 911 call on March 5 seeking medical assistance for a drug overdose at an apartment […]
Man gets four years for fentanyl trafficking involving overdose death
A 40-year-old Hanover man was sentenced Wednesday in Walkerton to four years in prison for trading fentanyl for lottery tickets to a mother of four who died of a fentanyl overdose. John Kevin McPhee pleaded guilty in the Superior Court of Justice in February to trafficking fentanyl in Hanover on Dec. 11, 2020. An autopsy […]
Public Health is analyzing overdose cluster, urging users to seek help
Grey Bruce Public Health is analyzing the recent 14 local overdoses in a three-day period, including a death, a public health doctor said. The result should be better targeted warnings to drug users specifically, rather than warnings merely on social media, and more people connected with support — critical because those receiving support aren’t the […]
Overdoses in Grey Bruce lead to toxic drug supply alert
Grey Bruce Public Health (GBPH) is alerting the public of the toxicity of local unregulated drug supply following multiple overdoses on the weekend.
Sad stories at overdose awareness event show it can happen to anyone
Angela Rennie stood on the 8th Street bridge Saturday morning and tossed a carnation into the river as a memorial gesture to her daughter. She stood with family and friends, some of whom held carnations and wore lanyards with cards featuring a photo of Brooklyn Nickle, who died at 22, of a fentanyl overdose in […]
Man traded fentanyl to woman 90 minutes before her fatal overdose
A 40-year-old man pleaded guilty in Walkerton’s Superior Court of Justice Wednesday to trafficking in fentanyl to a woman who died of a fentanyl overdose. John Kevin McPhee, now living in Nova Scotia, was initially charged with manslaughter in 27-year-old Shawna Trivedi’s death. He admitted trading fentanyl on two occasions to Trivedi. But difficulties of […]