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TOPIC: FENTANYL

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TD money laundering, Vietnamese billionaire sentenced

July 15, 2024 | During About Thats brief hiatus, were revisiting some episodes from this past season. First, how a fentanyl crime ring used TD bank to do business. Then, why Vietnamese billionaire Truong My Lan was sentenced to death.
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How a flesh-rotting zombie drug is complicating the overdose crisis

Warning: Video contains distressing images | A menacing new additive is turning up in fentanyl and threatening to make Canadas overdose crisis worse. CBCs Ellen Mauro breaks down the risks of xylazine, better known as tranq.
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How a fentanyl crime ring used a Canadian bank to do business | About That

TD Bank is at the centre of a U.S. Department of Justice probe into a massive global money laundering scheme. Andrew Chang breaks down what we know from court documents and inside sources to explain how the scheme unfolded and the red flags analysts say should have been caught.
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Canada Post in crisis, TD money laundering allegations

May 23, 2024 | Canada Post is expected to run out of money by early 2025. Andrew Chang explains how the company can't catch a break, even when parcel delivery is at an all-time high. Plus, how a fentanyl crime ring used TD bank to do business.
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Minister accuses opposition of pursuing a dehumanizing debate on drug decriminalization

Minister of Mental Health and Addictions Ya'ara Saks says drug decriminalization is about ending stigma and getting help for users.

Border officers relied on outdated intel to decide whether to search incoming vessels, audit warns

The risk assessments border officers have used for years to decide whether vessels entering Canadian waters shouldbe searched have been based on outdated and inaccurate data,increasing the risk of high-risk goods and inadmissible people slipping into the country, a recently released audit says.
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Compassion is key to solving toxic drug crisis, B.C.s retiring chief coroner says

Toxic drugs have killed nearly 14,000 people in British Columbia since 2016, making drug deaths a dominant issue during Lisa Lapointes tenure as chief coroner. She talks to The National's Ian Hanomansing about advocating for a safer supply and why compassion would go a long way in solving the drug crisis.
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Will drug decriminalization save lives in B.C.?

British Columbia is set to become the first province in Canada to decriminalize illicit drugs for personal use. In a province where almost seven people a day die from contaminated drugs, provincial officials are hopeful decriminalization will save lives, but those most affected by the issue say its not enough.
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B.C. recriminalizes drug use in public spaces

British Columbia Premier David Eby has announced that drug use in public spaces will be recriminalized over public safety concerns following a wave of troubling accounts of street drugs being taken in hospitals, parks and transit stops.

2 sudden deaths in Thunderchild First Nation may be fentanyl overdoses: Sask. RCMP

The sudden deaths of two people in Thunderchild First Nation may be the result of fentanyl overdoses, Saskatchewan RCMP say, prompting a warning from police about dangerous drugs circulating in the area.
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Brought together by the loss of their kids

How a group of moms who lost children to drugs are helping each other heal.
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Skyrocketing youth opioid deaths sound alarms in Ontario

New national figures show troubling rates of opioid poisonings, with deaths tripling for young people in Ontario from 2014 to 2021. Harm reduction workers are pushing governments to make addiction treatment more accessible.
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Drug safer supply program 'is good and it's bad,' says user

Despite critics saying the safer supply program has its shortcomings, Zachary Wickens shares how it has its pros and cons.
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Stephen's story: 'He might be here today if he would have had a safer supply'

He died alone in his apartment after consuming methamphetamine contaminated with fentanyl, one of 1,706 Albertans known to have died of opioidpoisoning in 2023, the deadliest year on record for the province.

'Disgraced' police officer's role dooms charges in $30M drug bust

After seizing $30 million in drugs, cash and weapons three years ago, Victoria police heralded charges against what they claimed were three members of an organized fentanyl trafficking ring, including a paroled murderer. Today, the case lies in tatters.

Winnipeg parents charged with manslaughter in fentanyl death of 1-year-old girl

Winnipeg police have charged two parents with manslaughter after their one-year-old daughter died from fentanyl intoxication.
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B.C.'s chief public health officer calls for safer-supply program expansion

B.C.'s chief public health officer, Dr. Bonnie Henry, is calling for the provincial government to expand the availability of prescribed opioids under the safer-supply program. In a report, she says the lives potentially saved by the program outweigh the risks of drugs ending up on the black market.

Man charged after toddler overdoses on fentanyl at Winnipeg home

A 28year-old Winnipeg man is facing a criminal charge after a toddler ingested fentanyl on Saturday and overdosed.
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Keeping Ethan Alive

CBC's Danny Kerslake recently spent time with 23-year-old Ethan McTavish. The Saskatoon man is battling addictions while living with the reality that his next high could be his last.
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Canada-made fentanyl being sold overseas, RCMP says

A senior RCMP officer says Canada has become both a producer and exporter of illegal fentanyl and its a 'significant problem.'

High-potency fentanyl circulating in North Surrey, police warns

After responding to five overdose deaths in seven days in North Surrey, policeissued a statement Friday,warning the public of drugs withhigh-potency fentanyl mixed with benzodiazepine making the rounds in the area.

189 people in B.C. died in October due to toxic drugs

The province says October marked the 37th consecutive month in which at least 150 deaths are suspected to have been caused by toxic drugs.

2 from Mexico charged in largest counterfeit cash seizure in Winnipeg police history

A woman and man from Mexico are charged with multiple offences after Winnipeg police say they seized more than $1.3-million worth of methamphetamine and fentanyl, a loaded handgun and counterfeit cash from a home.
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Alberta Premier Danielle Smith on tensions with Ottawa; criminal court delays in Ontario; do audiobooks count as reading?; and a China-U.S. deal to stem flow of fentanyl

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says national unity means all levels of government working together but it doesnt mean provinces letting Ottawa do whatever it wants. She talks to Matt Galloway about pushing back on the carbon tax, pulling Alberta out of the Canada Pension Plan, and why shes hitting the stage with Tucker Carlson. 


Then, criminal cases in Ontario must be tried within 18 months, but staffing shortages and other problems are leading to cases being thrown out when that time is up. Galloway talks to legal experts about what happens when serious cases like sexual assault allegations get thrown out, and protecting public faith in the legal system.


Plus, audiobooks are growing in popularity, but some people question whether listening to a book is the same as reading it. We put that question to psychology professor Dan Willingham, author of The Reading Mind.


And China and the U.S. have agreed on a deal to crack down on the manufacture and export of fentanyl from China, in the hopes of curbing overdose deaths in North America. Vanda Felbab-Brown, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, explains what it might mean for the toxic drug crisis and U.S.-China relations.

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Remembering lives lost on Overdose Awareness Day

Since losing her son to an overdose in 2018, Sharene Shuster has joined other activists in asking for more to bedone about the ongoing opioid crisis. This Overdose Awareness Day, Shuster and other affected family members will gatherin memory of their loved ones and to draw attention to their cause.