Ontario will soon call a meeting of mayors from both large and small communities across the province as it looks for ways to tackle a growing opioid crisis. Premier Kathleen Wynne made the announcement Monday after meeting with Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson, adding that the province is prepared to fund that city's $2.5-million opioid plan. Premier Kathleen Wynne says Ottawa's plan can form the basis of a conversation on how the province can support municipal strategies for dealing with overdoses. Ottawa's plan can form the basis of a conversation on how the province can support municipal strategies for dealing with deaths and overdoses, Wynne said. "The work that Ottawa has done, I think, could inform a conversation about how we might as a province support local plans," she said.

Source: CBC News March 07, 2017 00:22 UTC