Corrective to Nov. 17 story on the number of Saskatchewan opioid overdoses

VANCOUVER – A Canadian Press story on Thursday based on information provided by the Saskatchewan government said that the province had 18 opioid overdoses in the first nine months of this year and 86 opioid fatalities in 2015. However, Saskatchewan now says it had 15 opioid overdoses in the first nine months of 2016 and 76 opioid fatalities last year.

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