Source Feed: The Globe and Mail
Author: Nancy Macdonald
Publication Date: September 17, 2025 - 06:00
Several cities have declared states of emergency owing to public disorder triggered by fentanyl crisis
September 17, 2025
The small B.C. town of Smithers is the latest Canadian community to table extraordinary measures to deal with the chaos and disorder triggered by the fentanyl crisis.
Last week, the northern mountain town of 5,400 announced that it will be hiring a team of private security guards to patrol a homeless encampment and the wider downtown from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. weekdays and 24 hours on weekends and holidays.
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An unauthorized dam in B.C. has triggered a state of local emergency in the Thompson-Nicola Regional District to allow officials to take swift action and limit potential damage.
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