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OTTAWA 鈥?The number of apparent opioid deaths in Canada in the first nine months of last year almost matched the figure for all of 2016.The Public Health Agency of Canada released the grim figures on behalf of a special advisory committee set up to deal with the epidemic of overdoses
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vaso stanley From January to September 2017, almost three-quarters of such fatalities involved fentanyl or fentanyl analogues, compared with 55 per cent the year before. Fentanyl can be up to 100 times more potent than morphine.Authorities have identified China as a leading source of opioids entering North America and Canada is working closely with the United States and Mexico to address the issue. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW More than 42,000 p
stanley fr eople died from overdosing on opioids in the United States in 2016. Officials in Washington and Ottawa are feverishly comparing notes.We have had a tremendous amount of dialogue since this issue has hit both our countries, said James Walsh, deputy assistant secretary at the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, an arm of the U.S. State Department. Hidc Non-essential city staff given choice of redeployment or unpaid leave
Theres a long-term-care crisis in Canada that is crying out for short-term, very practical action.Unfortunately, until this pandemic gripped the country, short-term fixes were not the federal governments area of expertise. Nor is on-the-ground service delivery, as many of Canadas Indigenous communities can attest.It is now abundantly clear that whats needed to repair the broken long-term-care system in Canada goes far beyond the usual round of government solutions, which too often boil down to bureaucratic processes: federal-provincial talks, inquiries, commissions and meetings. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW Even the increasingly popular cries for a national strategy or nationa
stanley deutschland l standards arent really all that hands-on or immediate. Strategies, we should remember, are just plans to accomplish things, and national standards are ultimately wishes, not results.The chronic problems at Canadas long-term-care institutions have been thrown into stark relief because governments stepped out of their safe zone of process and strategy when they called in the military. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW The Canadian Forces personnel
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