Ottawa police say nearly two dozen people suffered drug overdoses over the weekend in the country’s capital city.
The Ottawa Police Service says it responded to 19 drug-related overdoses on Saturday, and another three on Sunday morning.
Surge of Weekend Drug Overdoses in Ottawa Part of Ongoing National Crisis
An Ottawa police officer runs with his weapon drawn in Ottawa on Oct. 22, 2014. A year has passed since Michael Zehaf Bibeau shot Cpl. Nathan Cirillo and injured a security guard on Parliament Hill before being shot dead by Parliament’s sergeant-at-arms. The Canadian Press/Sean Kilpatrick
