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Montreal public health officials are urging people to take extra precautions after confirming eight fatal overdoses linked to carfentanil since an overdose alert was issued in April. Frontline workers warn that the number of deaths could still rise as toxicology results continue to come in. Elizabeth Zogalis reports.

Carfentanil is a synthetic opioid far more potent and lethal than fentanyl, and Kingston-area health officials say it’s being found in local drug supplies.

An extremely toxic and deadly drug has been uncovered in a southwest Edmonton home. As Julia Wong reports, over $3 million of carfentanil was found.

The John Howard Society in Kelowna has put out a renewed warning about street drugs after six overdoses in their Leon Avenue shelter on Tuesday afternoon. Another overdose was reported nearby during the same time period. Interior Health put out a warning last week that carfentanil, a drug 100 times more potent than fentanyl has...

The dangers associated with drug use in Kelowna’s downtown core took a frightening twist this week when there were several overdoses in the notorious Cornerstone homeless shelter. The overdoses come on the heels of a warning from Interior Health that the deadly drug Carfentanil was making its way into the Okanagan. As Kelly Hayes reports,...

New Brunswick’s Acting Chief Medical Officer of Health is warning New Brunswickers about the dangers of the deadly opioid carfentanil. Dr. Russell says one person has died in the southern part of the province with traces of the drug in their system. Global’s Adrienne South reports.

Police and health care officials are worried that a new killer drug known as “purple carfentanil” is on the streets of B.C. that could even give users who test their drugs a false sense of security. Rumina Daya reports.

Authorities have been grappling with drug overdoses related to Fentanyl, and now word from Toronto police of a recent rash of deaths that could be linked to Carfentanil. Caryn Lieberman reports.

Wed, Feb 1: As the drug overdose crisis continues to grip our province, there is now confirmation a deadly new player has entered the opioid game. Catherine Urquhart reports.

Tue, Nov 22: An urgent warning from Vancouver Police after the discovery of drugs tainted with highly toxic Carfentanil. It’s an opioid 10,000 times stronger than morphine. As Catherine Urquhart reports, its arrival in Vancouver comes at the worst possible time.

We all know about the deadly epidemic of fentanyl overdoses. But a new drug called carfentanil poses a threat to all Canadians, even those who don’t do drugs. Rumina Daya reports.

The mother of a young man who lost his life to the deadly drug carfentanil spoke out Thursday morning at a Winnipeg Police press conference, as authorities warn the drug has arrived in force in Winnipeg.

Tue, Aug 09: RCMP Insp. Allan Lai speaks about a recent carfentanil seizure . Canadian Border Services agents intercepted the parcel, which was sent from China, at Vancouver International Airport on June 27.

Wed, Nov 23: There are fears that there could be another spike in overdoses on the city’s Downtown Eastside. As Jordan Armstrong reports, those worries are being compounded by the discovery of a new highly toxic drug.

An employee at a harm reduction clinic in Fredericton say they are on edge after a recent Carfentanil overdose. The worker says there will be heartbreaking consequences if nothing is done about this deadly drug. Anna Mandin reports.

New data collected by KFL&A Public Health shows the dangerous synthetic opioid, carfentanil, is circulating in the Kingston area.

It’s heroin laced with elephant tranquilizers, and 100 times more potent than fentanyl. Now the Winnipeg police say carfentanil is in Winnipeg, Winnipeg Police deputy chief Danny Smyth told the media Thursday morning.

Carfentanil is a synthetic opioid that’s grouped with heroin, fentanyl and oxycodone and could me laced into or mixed with drugs users are already using, Winnipeg health officials said Thursday morning.

Carfentanil is 100 times more powerful than fentanyl, and Edmonton Police have seized millions of dollars worth of the deadly drug. As Julia Wong explains, it was found in a southwest home after a fire call.

Naloxone can save the life of someone overdosing on heroin, fentanyl and carfentanil