On 2026 International Overdose Awareness Day, please join PHS in adding a splash of purple to your spaces in remembrance of the 18,000+ lives lost to B.C.’s toxic drug crisis.

The residents say their new homes have transformed their lives and given them hope again. It's also halved their hospital emergency room visits and given them stability.

Cutting harm reduction services ignores evidence, increases risk and leaves people who use drugs more vulnerable to a toxic supply.

Position Statement Veuillez noter : une traduction française de cette déclaration sera bientôt disponible.  Published December 30, 2025  Updated January 7, 2026  This statement outlines the Canadian…

A senior Canadian bureaucrat struggled on the witness stand to reconcile past statements by the federal government with its claim ...

Mike Parker, the president of the Alberta union that includes paramedics, reacts to reporting by Drug Data Decoded showing the Alberta government under-reports ambulance dispatches to drug toxicity by...

Justice Catherine Murray said witness Eric Costen appeared to be ‘guessing’ in his responses on the stand.

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“The war on drugs has failed,” Zack Polanski told reporters in October 2025. The new leader of the Green Party ...

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Standing memorial offers families and friends a space to grieve loved ones away from the streets

The Alberta government says it has “the most transparent data reporting system in North America" for drug toxicity. In reality, internal data manipulation causes most emergency calls to go unreported.

For the past five years, Dinia Delisle has been trying to survive the night.

Sunday night sessions at Braefoot Park aim to build community and opportunity for participants

The need for safer supply continues as the Drug Users Liberation Front contends with legal battle  Ren Zhang (they/them) // Contributor Cameron Skorulski (He/Him) // Production Manager  As deaths…

Trust in journalism is eroding worldwide, with fewer people believing the news they consume. According to the Reuters Digital News Report 2024, only 40 per cent of people globally say

There are many excuses for failing to tax the ultra-wealthy. The truth is that governments don’t tackle the problem because they don’t want to, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

People do not leave custody unprepared by choice. Stability is allowed to erode through inaction long before the release date arrives.

Chatter in social media communities sheds light on a hidden population of substance users.

After he was stabbed, his relatives say, the system failed to stop his bullying.

It was a common refrain during the Wet’suwet’en pipeline conflict. But when courts side with First Nations, politicians are more equivocal.