Cpl. Cole Kuta of the Heyburn Police Department was one of five recipients of the Idaho Medal of Honor during a special ceremony on Wednesday in Boise.
Cpl. Cole Kuta of the Heyburn Police Department was one of five recipients of the Idaho Medal of Honor during a special ceremony on Wednesday in Boise.
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WEYBURN The first month of the new year didn’t leave Weyburn police members with much to celebrate; just a hard reminder of that city’s drug overdose issues.
Three men overdosed on fentanyl in 36 hours. Two died. One was revived with a naloxone shot, but he didn’t want any other help.
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Chief Jamie Blunden says those mid-month drug calls were small glimpses of a larger, glaring issue in Weyburn: Overdoses from hard drugs have a strong hold on the southeast Saskatchewan city.
WEYBURN 2020 was a deadly year for overdoses in communities across Saskatchewan, and now just 28 days into 2021, Weyburn has already seen more fatal overdoses than last year. The Saskatchewan Coroners Office believes there were 379 fatal drug overdoses in Sask. in 2020. A total of 172 are confirmed overdoses while 207 are suspected overdoses. Last year, the Weyburn had one reported fatal overdose. Less than a month into 2021, police are aware of two overdose deaths. The Chief of the Weyburn Police Department said the community is seeing increasing addictions to more dangerous drugs like opioids. “It s like putting a bullet into a revolver, spinning it and seeing whether or not it s going kill you or not,” Weyburn Police Chief Jamie Blunden said.