For months, New Brunswick has watched as provinces like Alberta and British Columbia saw hundreds of people die from fentanyl. It's proof that New Brunswick isn't prepared to handle a fentanyl crisis, according to Julie Dingwell, the executive director of AIDS Saint John. No public planDr. Robert Strang, Nova Scotia's chief medical officer of health, says the province couldn't wait to take action on the opioid crisis. (Darren Calabrese/Canadian Press)In December, the province's acting chief medical officer of health said the fentanyl threat was being taken seriously. New Brunswick's "task group" is looking at "the availability and distribution of naloxone," Russell said.

Source: CBC News April 20, 2017 22:30 UTC