'Alarming' spike in overdose calls last week in Vancouver

Vancouver’s first responders are reporting an “alarming” spike in drug overdose response calls last week following a tainted supply of street drugs.
Vancouver Fire and Rescue Services reported 207 calls for the week ending Sunday, which city officials say is 74 per cent higher than last year’s weekly average. 
Vancouver police suspect seven people died from illicit drug overdose deaths last week, raising the death toll this year to 108 suspected overdose fatalities,