Local organizations will hold memorials on Friday to honor those lost to substance use disorder on Black Balloon Day.

A much-loved mum was found dead in her boyfriend’s bed after taking too many painkillers by accident. Amie Barnes had spent the evening of July 25 at her partner Jack’s home in Thornton-Cleveleys, ...

On March 6, families and communities across the country come together for Black Balloon Day, transforming personal grief into ...

Burlington police on Wednesday said that fentanyl, a potent synthetic painkiller that has caused scores of fatal drug overdoses, was found in heroin that caused three recent overdoses in the Queen ...

Senate Bill 889 would create a new law granting immunity from prosecution to those who provide care during an overdose.

Calls to paramedics for suspected drug overdoses in Greater Sudbury nearly doubled in January compared to the same month last ...

County Coroner Dr. Lakshmi Sammarco told reporters that 194 people died of overdoses in 2025, according to the Cincinnati Enquirer. It is the first time since she took office that the annual total has ...