A near-overdose involving the dangerous new super-painkiller fentanyl has the GNWT’s department of Health working to expand the availability of a proven life-saving antidote.
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Walter Bourke Sr. returns to an empty house each morning in the last few days before Christmas.
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Two men pulled over just outside Yellowknife by the RCMP at about 7:30 a.m. on Sept. 21 had more than 1,100 individually wrapped rocks of crack cocaine in the car.
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Eight people, including seven Yellowknifers, have been charged with trafficking cocaine.
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Increasing usage of street fentanyl, often referred to as “greenies,” in the territory’s southern neighbours has led the chief public health officer to issue an advisory about the dangers of the drug in the NWT.
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In the Nov. 4 U.S. election, in addition to the Republicans winning a majority in the Senate and increasing their grip on the House of Representatives, the other big news was the legalization of marijuana in Alaska and Oregon (as well as Washington DC), joining Colorado and Washington as states where pot is legal for recreational use.
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