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Publication Date: July 9, 2026 - 04:00
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What's behind drop in opioid-related deaths, rise in 911 calls in Ontario? Researcher gives insight
July 9, 2026
A public health researcher who focuses on Canada's addictions crisis cites several factors for why opioid-related death rates are declining yet 911 calls have risen in Thunder Bay and other Ontario cities, some of the findings in a new CBC data analysis. The city continues to have the highest opioid-related death rate in the province.
Toronto Police have “good clear video” of what happened during the shootings at the Salsa on St. Clair festival, according to the city’s Deputy Mayor Mike Colle, who is frustrated police have not released more details about what actually happened. He said he learned this from shopkeepers on the strip of St. Clair Avenue West who handed over the videos from their security cameras. The shootings took place Saturday night around 8 p.m., leaving two people dead, five injured, a neighbourhood traumatized, and the future of Toronto’s enthusiastic hosting of street festivals in an uneasy...
July 15, 2026 - 18:57 | Joseph Brean | National Post
City council passed a $29-million transportation plan Wednesday, hoping to ease gridlock by deferring construction work, tweaking traffic signals and increasing the frequency of trains on the LRT. Arthur White-Crummey breaks it all down.
July 15, 2026 - 18:55 | | CBC News - Ottawa
The death of an 82-year-old woman, one of two people Edmonton police said were unaccounted for following an explosion and fire in north Edmonton on Monday night, was confirmed by police on Wednesday.
July 15, 2026 - 18:47 | | CBC News - Canada



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