City opioid crisis still looms large, committee told

More than half of the people who died of fentanyl poisoning in the province in early 2018 sought health and support services in the month before their death, according to the province’s health authority.
“We’re still seeing a large number of accidental deaths related to consumption of opiates, related to fentanyl and other opiates as well,” said Dr. Christopher Sikora, Edmonton’s chief medical officer of health Wednesday following an update on the opioid crisis to t