fentanyl

As part of an investigation into street drugs, Regina Police served a search warrant on a home in Harbour Landing. Last Friday, members of the Regina Police Drug Unit moved in, and uncovered a cache of drugs. Police says they found a kilo of cocaine, four kilos of meth, MDMA, and almost one thousand fentanyl […]

Regina, SK — A month-long investigation by the Regina Police has culminated in a significant drug bust on Thursday, June 20, 2024. Officers initiated a traffic stop that resulted in the arrest of a 40-year-old Regina man, Shawn Branton. The investigation led to the seizure of substantial quantities of illegal substances, including 59.06 grams of […]

The new provincial “Drug Alert System” was launched today.Regina Mayor Sandra Masters was flanked by the Minister of Mental Health and Addictions Tim McLeod, as well as representatives from the Coroner’s Service, Regina Fire, Saskatoon Fire as well as police from both cities. “The goal of drug alerts is to increase awareness of the dangers […]

The RCMP are warning there is a dangerous strain of fentanyl circulating in Southern Saskatchewan, particularly in the Swift Current and Moose Jaw areas.  The biggest concern is this strain could be resistant to but may be resistant to naloxone, a fast-acting drug used to temporarily reverse the effects of overdoses caused by opioids. Police […]

Moose Jaw police have arrested two people after an investigation into stolen property led to a significant drug seizure. At about 2 p.m. Monday, the Moose Jaw Police Service received a report from a stolen skid steer. Officers tracked the skid steer to a garage on the 1200 block of Ninth Avenue NE. There, they arrested […]

Regina police are warning about the presence of Xylazine in the city. A tested substance sold as fentanyl was found to contain both fentanyl and Xylazine, a combination they say presents a heightened risk of overdose and death. Xylazine is a tranquilizer used in veterinary medicine and it’s sedative effects can’t be reversed by naloxone. Police […]

Regina police said 10 people were arrested following a recent police operation led by the Regina Police Service Street Gang Unit (SGU). At about 2 p.m. on Saturday, members of the Street Gang Unit and the SWAT team entered a residence in the 1200 block of Angus Street. A total of 13 people were inside the […]

Three people in Moose Jaw are facing charges after police uncovered drugs, weapons and cash during a traffic stop, Saturday. According to information from the Moose Jaw Police Service, a car was located in the north west part of the city, and police considered it “suspicious”. Inside police found fentanyl and methamphetamines with a street […]

RCMP say they have responded to seven calls involving suspected fentanyl overdoses in an area of southwestern Saskatchewan. Mounties say three people died, with the other four requiring officers to administer naloxone to resuscitate them. RCMP say the deaths happened on May 14, July 4 and July 12 in the Kindersley area, about 380 kilometres northwest […]

After losing three family members in the last year due to fentanyl overdoses, a local woman is taking action into her own hands. Ivy Kennedy, the director of the Women of the Dawn Counselling Centre, is trying to raise awareness of the dangers of fentanyl in Regina. “I am outraged at the numbers of our […]