Residents and businesses in a North Burnaby neighbourhood are up in arms today over what is going on at a local pharmacy.

A new study in Vancouver has found that increasing access to methadone for treatment of opioid addiction through primary-care doctors and pharmacies significantly decreases the spread of HIV.

Readers share their stories of struggling with opioid use, abuse and addiction.

Toronto police are making the public aware that 10 containers of methadone "were lost" in the Danforth Avenue and Moberly Avenue area.

Saskatoon police are asking for the public’s help identifying a suspect and retrieving a stolen bottle of concentrated methadone.

Peter Jorna, who also owns two pharmacies in Halifax, was targeted this week when one of his stores was robbed.

Four heroin-addicted inmates in British Columbia jails have launched a charter challenge to gain access to opiate addiction treatment.

Unexpected costs for a new mobile outreach bus, coupled with unsuccessful grant applications, have put a Halifax methadone clinic in dire financial straits.

As concern grows over the mounting number of deadly fentanyl overdoses in Alberta, the province has taken action to make the drug's antidote - Naloxone - more accessible.

B.C. Corrections has implemented a new policy after four men who alleged they were denied opiate replacement therapy launched a charter challenge.

Fentanyl and naloxone kits were hot topics at a Saskatoon opioid conference. Health professionals discuss how kit training and distribution is changing.

A Cape Breton man who died in his cell had near-fatal levels of methadone in his blood as he entered the jail and a bag full of pills in his pocket.

Jason Marcel LeBlanc was admitted to the Cape Breton Correctional Facility on Jan. 30. He died 13 hours later of a drug overdose.

Faced with a potential class-action lawsuit, the British Columbia government has ended its practice of deducting money from the welfare cheques of recovering addicts receiving treatment from private methadone-dispensing clinics.

Despite the rise in opioid addiction in Nova Scotia, access to treatment is limited due to funding.

Drug treatment needs to be more comprehensive and more available to help people quit using fentanyl and other drugs, say experts.

Community based-methadone program receives inadequate funding to address growing waiting list for people in need of addiction treatment.

Two Nova Scotia pharmacists have been reprimanded and suspended for making prescription drug errors linked to the deaths of two patients.

Saskatchewan's drug plan coverage expanded to include Suboxone, which is used to help treat opiate addiction.

A Victoria mother says she had to make an unimaginable decision to help save her daughter's life.

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