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City with the highest opioid-related death rate in Ontario honours lives lost to overdose

CBC Canada · August 27, 2026 at 4:00 a.m.

City with the highest opioid-related death rate in Ontario honours lives lost to overdose

With Thunder Bay leading Ontario in opioid-related deaths, Nishnawbe Aski Nation led a walk on Wednesday to demand the city address the drug crisis.

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City with the highest opioid-related death rate in Ontario honours lives lost to overdose

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