Opioid Deaths

Haa Shaa du Hen (Chief) Lynda Dickson (Skoehoeteen). (Courtesy/Carcross/Tagish First Nation)

C/TFN declares state of emergency over drug deaths

C/TFN discussing paths forward with their citizens and calling for coordinated approach

 

Haa Shagoon Hidi in Carcross will host vigil at fire pit behind the building on Jan. 15. (Lawrie Crawford/Yukon News)

Yukon-wide vigils for addiction and mental health planned

People who care about alcoholics and addicts ask for action

 

The Yukon Coroner’s Service is reporting 21 opioid-related deaths in 2021. (Gabrielle Plonka/Yukon News file)

Yukoners face dark side of high levels of substance use

Coroner says deaths from drug overdoses causing ‘massive pain’ in Yukon

 

Yukon’s Chief Coroner Heather Jones addresses the media during a press conference in Whitehorse, Yukon Territory on April 22, 2021. (Submitted)

Officials call for renewed opioid action plan

More harm reduction measures needed, says Hanley

Yukon’s Chief Coroner Heather Jones addresses the media during a press conference in Whitehorse, Yukon Territory on April 22, 2021. (Submitted)
Jesse Whelen, Blood Ties Four Directions harm reduction councillor, demonstrates how the organization tests for fentanyl in drugs in Whitehorse on May 12, 2020. The Yukon Coroner’s Service has confirmed three drug overdose deaths and one probable overdose death since mid-January. (Crystal Schick/Yukon News file)

Three overdose deaths caused by “varying levels of cocaine and fentanyl,” coroner says

Heather Jones says overdoses continue to take lives at an “alarming rate”

Jesse Whelen, Blood Ties Four Directions harm reduction councillor, demonstrates how the organization tests for fentanyl in drugs in Whitehorse on May 12, 2020. The Yukon Coroner’s Service has confirmed three drug overdose deaths and one probable overdose death since mid-January. (Crystal Schick/Yukon News file)

Number of overdose deaths increasing substantially

13 deaths since January, compared to six in all of 2019