Dozens of university students in Saskatoon are learning how to administer naloxone as overdoses continue to rise in following the closure of Prairie Harm Reduction.

All VA health facilities and Vet Centers have the lifesaving opioid overdose antidote naloxone, with 2-million prescriptions dispensed to patients nationwide.

British Columbia Health Minister Josie Osborne says the province is spending $50 million to expand availability of anti-overdose nasal naloxone across the province.