opioid crisis

Opinion: By declaring a national public welfare emergency, Ottawa could unlock critical funds to respond to Canada’s opioid crisis

In 2016 alone, 2,816 Canadians died. The Liberals are scrambling to confront an unprecedented health crisis. Paul Wells on why frontline workers say it’s only going to get worse.

This is happening as Toronto faces an unprecedented spike in deaths attributed to opioid overdoses

Babies born to opioid-dependent mothers are typically whisked away to intensive care units and given morphine. But an innovative program is seeing shocking results with far simpler treatment

Ginette Petitpas Taylor offers few details on how her government will fight back against the public-health crisis, but she pledges to work with provinces on the front lines

The outgoing health minister leaves behind some of Ottawa’s hottest files, from the opioid crisis to a less-than-transparent drug-safety system