Construction workers warned about overdose epidemic

Male construction workers have fallen victim to B.C.’s deadly overdose epidemic, prompting organizations representing them to brainstorm with health officials in Vancouver’s suburbs about how to better protect them.
“I was shocked to learn that there’s a high rate of opioid overdose in men from ages 19 to 59 who come from the trades,” said Tom Sigurdson of the B.C. Building Trades Council, an umbrella group representing a number of construction unions including thos