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Montreal public health officials have issued a new warning about fake cough syrup which could be lethal if consumed. The product reportedly looks like an approved pharmaceutical medication and is labelled promethazine with codeine oral solution. Katherine Ward has this story and more in Health Matters for Feb. 11, 2026. 

Wed, Jun 29: The abuse of opioids – like codeine, oxycodone and now fentanyl – can have deadly consequences. Last year there were 85 accidental opioid overdose deaths confirmed by Saskatchewan’s Chief Coroner. But as Blake Lough reports, health authorities in Regina are now offering a way to help prevent those deaths.

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Filling your next prescription at your local pharmacy may not be as easy as it used to be. Pharmacists are facing a shortage of some medications like codeine and Ozempic, with one telling Global News it’s the worst she’s seen in her career. Jasmine King reports.

Coden Nikbakht is no longer the president of the U of S students’ union, also known as the USSU. Ryan Kessler with the details.