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A group that represents Ontario construction companies is launching a campaign to raise awareness after a new report revealed construction workers made up nearly a third of opioid deaths among employed Ontarians in 2020. ....
Article content No, no, no, I’ll shovel snow, he said. A few hours later, Kostuk and volunteer Gil Clelland went outside the Y’s Centre Branch on Waterloo Street in downtown London to check on him, but couldn’t see him or the shovel. “A little while later, Brayden entered the building covered in snow and smiling. For the past three hours, he had shovelled the entire parking lot and all the sidewalks around the Y,” Clelland said. Pellett was always trying to come in out of the cold, always trying to find his place with people. “He was just trying to fit in everywhere he went,” his mother, Tanya Burke, says. ....
Article content Pandemic pressures and toxic drug supplies are fueling an opioid death crisis, social service leaders said Thursday in the wake of an Ontario report showing overdose fatalities skyrocketed in 2020. But there are solutions, if attitudes and policies change, they say. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser. Pandemic-like response needed as overdose deaths skyrocket: Experts Back to video “The reality here is that we still don’t treat substance use as a health issue. It’s very stigmatized. It’s definitely still treated primarily as a moral and ethical issue,” said Chuck Lazenby, head of the Unity Project shelter in London. ....