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OPP Busy With Overdose Occurrences

The Ontario Provincial Police say their officers have saved 102 lives using naloxone.

Police have been carrying the drug used to overcome an overdose since September 2017.

In the last two years, OPP add there’s been a 121 per cent increase in the number of overdose occurrences they’ve attended.

Police have also laid manslaughter and criminal negligence causing death charges in 13 cases in the last four years.

Eight of them have occurred this year.

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  • Randy Thoms is a veteran news broadcaster with over 40 years' experience. He is based in Fort Frances and covers stories across northwestern Ontario. Contact Randy at thoms.randy@radioabl.ca.

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Fort Frances, CA
10:38 am, Apr 17, 2026
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