Ottawa is giving Alberta $6 million in emergency funding to battle the opioid crisis. "Alberta, like British Columbia, has been disproportionately affected by overdose deaths and so we agreed to support Alberta in those emergency needs in the order of $6 million," federal Health Minister Jane Philpott said Friday. Alberta Health Minister Sarah Hoffman said the money will complement extra provincial funding the government will announce next week. The announcement came four days after Alberta MLAs held an emergency debate on how to curb the surging numbers of opioid deaths in the province. The federal government said Friday that including the emergency funding for Alberta, it has now announced a total of $81 million to combat the opioid crisis.

Source: CBC News March 10, 2017 18:28 UTC