Driver, 15, dies after crashing into power pole, tree in Stellarton, N.S.

British Columbia’s Conservatives have pledged to combat the province’s toxic-drug crisis by expanding access to treatment and recovery services, while scrapping some harm-reduction policies introduced under the incumbent NDP.However, many of the Conservatives’ promises closely mirror NDP initiatives already underway, and the Green Party and health experts criticize the plan as offering populist platitudes for a complex crisis with no simple solutions.