'We need to memorialize what these folks, our friends and family members, have gone through, and their tragic passing in this crisis we're all facing.'

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As losses mount in toxic opioid crisis, Ontario cities memorialize overdose victims

There is less and less space on the lawn for the dozens upon dozens of bright white crosses. The grass between the fire station and the sidewalks on a downtown corner in Sudbury, Ont., is crowded with markers bearing the names of people lost to the opioid overdose crisis.

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From January through August, 90 people died from a suspected drug overdose in the Sudbury and Manitoulin districts, Public Health Sudbury &amp; Districts reports – about 15 per cent more

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TORONTO — There is less and less space on the lawn for the dozens upon dozens of bright white crosses. The grass between the fire station and the sidewalks on a downtown corner in Sudbury, Ont.

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There is less and less space on the lawn for the dozens upon dozens of bright white crosses.  The grass between the fire station and the sidewalks on a downtown corner in Sudbury, Ont., is crowded with markers bearing the names of people lost to the opioid overdose crisis.  Too many more are dying.  What started four years ago as a memorial to a local woman's son has grown so much in size and in the public consciousness that the city has pledged…

As losses mount in toxic opioid crisis, Ontario cities memorialize overdose victims

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