FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, sḵwx̱wú7mesh & səlilwətaɬ territory| Vancouver, BC | September 29, 2026 – In a landmark ruling that could alter the fabric of drug policy in Canada, the BC Supreme ...

Across Canada, harm reduction is under attack. Innovative and evidence-informed programs have been cut, reversed and shuttered. Politicians are retreating from progressive drug policies.

Five former Elections Alberta employees are raising “mismanagement” concerns about how Corb Lund's citizen initiative petition was validated, alleging procedures changed and that there was a lack of t...

An Edmonton man experiencing homelessness is asking a judge to find the City of Edmonton liable for seizing and disposing of his personal belongings during an encampment cleanup two years ago.

Cities often take belongings — including important documents and irreplaceable mementos — when they conduct sweeps of homeless encampments. ProPublica gave notecards to people across the country so…

A local human rights advocate says recent changes to provincial policy has made it difficult for recently released inmates to access necessary reintegration services in Alberta.

The proposed model would be secure or semi-secure units with 24-7 staff, including nurses and health care aides, similar to a dementia unit

The city’s police chief says his strategy is pushing down crime rates, but unhoused people say they’re being harassed.

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Canada is facing a drug policy contradiction. Governments continue to describe toxic drug deaths as a “serious public health crisis”, yet some are dismantling parts of the public health response…

And a weird debate I just had.

After a nearly two-year access to information process, Drug Data Decoded has obtained the correspondence detailing steps taken inside Health Canada to ensure the Expert Advisory Group reports on medic...

Provisions in British Columbia's involuntary care regime that allow forced psychiatric treatment, regardless of a person's capacity to make health care decisions, are unconstitutional, the B.C. Suprem...

We examined associations between drug poisoning deaths and EMS and SCS data to assess if these measures could serve as reliable proxies for fatalities to support evidence-based public health responses...

Danielle Smith is working hand-in-glove with private insurers to push health privatization in Alberta—and it could spread across Canada

The province informed public libraries this month that they have until the start of the new year to establish new practices restricting access to library materials containing sexually explicit images ...

“This is what happens when you apply these incredibly violent economic forces to these cities … it's happened at every World Cup I've been to,” explains our chief sports writer, Barney Ronay.

As climate-related hazards become more frequent and severe, protecting our health will require moving beyond warnings toward prevention.

Overdoses, driven to new heights in the 2010s, are not killing as many Canadians as they did a few years ago. Health officials aren’t yet sure whether that’s cause for celebration

A new national study suggests Canadians generally view supervised consumption sites as beneficial and do not believe they have negative effects on communities or health systems.

Forward Weekly feature for June 21, 2026.

Reliance on artificial-intelligence tools degrades the abilities of physicians and software engineers, studies show.

In order to be eligible for dual practice, doctors must do a minimum number of hours in the public system first. The province says those hour requirements along with other safeguards will protect the ...

If a judge who is ex-military can recognize that homeless people have rights, why not Ontario's premier?

The First Nations Health Ombudsperson Office (FNHOO) says it has found “systemic failure” in the province’s new involuntary treatment legislation.