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Windsor club holds vigil for International Overdose Awareness Day
1+ week, 4+ day ago (636+ words) International Overdose Awareness Day has been observed around the world annually on Aug. 31 for 25 years Joe Newman was a nurse so he knew the risks, but it wasn’t enough to keep him out of danger. Newman, who died of a…...
Relapse and redemption: Former high-profile addictions activist faces own fight with fentanyl
2+ week, 1+ day ago (1337+ words) Windsor-Essex has the highest rate of opioid-related deaths among Ontario’s 10 largest census metropolitan areas After his dad dropped dead in front of him, Brandon Bailey had a plan: smoke fentanyl until the pain went away. If an overdose killed him,…...
Suicide Awareness Month seeks to inspire???difficult??? conversations about mental health
2+ week, 2+ day ago (432+ words) “You are not alone.” That’s the message local mental health and health-care organizations put front and centre Monday as they launched Windsor-Essex’s 11th annual Suicide Awareness Month campaign. Organized by the Canadian Mental Health Association, Windsor-Essex County Branch (CMHA-WECB) and community…...
New dispatch system coming to Essex-Windsor EMS Sept. 16
2+ week, 5+ day ago (345+ words) A new system designed to get paramedics to the region’s most urgent medical emergencies faster is coming to Essex-Windsor EMS next month. Beginning Sept. 16, 911 calls for paramedic services in the Windsor-Essex region will be triaged and dispatched using the Medical…...