Addiction
Conservative MP calls for nationwide three-digit suicide hotline
As health professionals warn that the pandemic is taking a heavy toll on many Canadians’ mental health, a Conservative MP is calling on the federal...
Canada’s opioid crisis killed 13 people a day in 2018, prevention report shows
About 13 people a day in Canada died as a result of opioids in 2018, according to a new report that shines a...
Patients launch lawsuit over pending closure of Alberta opioid treatment program
Shane Monette describes his addiction to opioids as an obsession, a fatal attraction. A survivor of childhood abuse, he began using drugs and...
A Nova Scotian is saved from an opioid overdose by paramedics almost every other day
Eight years ago, Matthew Bonn watched his friend turn blue and become deathly quiet as fentanyl flooded his body. Bonn jumped in, performing...
Seth MacLean died in July. Authorities buried him weeks later without telling his family
Seth MacLean’s family spent the last part of this summer pounding the pavement in downtown Toronto desperately searching for a loved one who...
As COVID-19 curve flattens, Indigenous leaders call on federal government for more support
While the federal government says the COVID-19 curve is continuing to flatten in Indigenous communities, their leaders and allies are keeping pressure on Ottawa...
CAMH survey shows pandemic affecting mental health, but anxiety levels may be easing
Findings from a new survey by Toronto’s Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) indicate the pandemic has had a significant impact on...
Pandemic worsens Canada’s deadly opioid overdose epidemic
An epidemic of fatal drug overdoses across Canada is on the rise amid COVID-19 pandemic restrictions that harm-reduction workers and doctors say exacerbates...
Time to ‘defund the police’? Outrage over brutality, racism in U.S. casts new light on Toronto’s police budget
Would Regis Korchinski-Paquet still be alive if a mental health nurse had turned up when her family called 911, instead of just police officers? What...
Ben Affleck: ‘I Don’t Have Any More Room for Failure’ After Halloween Relapse
Ben Affleck: ‘I Don’t Have Any More Room for Failure’ After Halloween Relapse, Coming to terms. Ben Affleck revealed how he felt after...
Billie Lourd Posts Christmas Tribute to Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds
Billie Lourd Posts Christmas Tribute to Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds A moment of reflection. Billie Lourd posted a heartbreaking Christmas tribute to...
Kristen Bell Reveals Her First Impression of Dax Shepard: ‘This Guy Can Talk’
Dax Shepard and Kristen Bell at The 76th Golden Globe Awards on January 6, 2019 in Beverly Hills, California. Sara De Boer/startraksphoto.com...
‘Opioidphobia’ stigmatizes chronic pain sufferers, expert says
At the Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, Dr. Andrea Furlan, a pain specialist, is holding a regular meeting with some of her colleagues. Sitting around...
When ‘loyalty or death’ crumbles: Leaving gangs after 15 years in the life
CBC cannot identify the woman interviewed in this story due to a publication ban. “Beth” is an alias. Beth had been in the cells...
Liberals, Tories, NDP target seat that Jagmeet Singh once held provincially
Rajesh Randeria stands outside his two-storey house in his upper middle-class neighbourhood of Brampton Ont., as two election campaign soldiers for the local Conservative candidate drive up...
Reunited! Will, Kate, Harry and Meghan Team Up for a Good Cause
The fab four is together again. Prince William, Duchess Kate, Prince Harry and Duchess Meghan teamed up to voice a PSA for improving...
