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Brockville police save overdose victim

February 15, 2021 Bill Kingston

BROCKVILLE – Brockville police officers were able to save a person on Pearl Street from a suspected fentanyl overdose. Police responded to a report of […]

O.P.P. bomb squad called to Brockville home

May 3, 2018 Bill Kingston

BROCKVILLE – City police had to call in the O.P.P. Explosive Disposal Unit last night (May 2) to a Brockville home after coming across various […]

Narcan saves Gananoque drug user in overdose: police

March 11, 2018 Bill Kingston

GANANOQUE – Town police are crediting the use of Narcan (Naloxone) for saving a person suffering from a drug overdose today (Sunday). Officers, Gananoque firefighters […]

False overdose death reports, say police

June 15, 2017 Bill Kingston

BROCKVILLE – Social media posts circulating about a couple suffering from an overdose with one of them dying at hospital are not true, Brockville police […]

Health unit to provide OD nasal meds

February 23, 2017 Bill Kingston

BROCKVILLE – The region’s health unit will start providing Naloxone in a nasal spray in order to treat drug addicts who may overdose. Naloxone, also […]