NWT Police Say 2 In Critical Condition After Ingesting Unknown Substance

The Canadian Press, 07 Oct, 2015 12:18 PM

TUKTOYAKTUK, N.W.T. — Mounties say two people are in critical condition after ingesting a toxic substance in Tuktoyaktuk, N.W.T.

RCMP say one person was unconscious and the other appeared to be intoxicated when they were brought to the medical centre in Tuktoyaktuk on Tuesday.

The condition of both patients deteriorated and they were transported to Edmonton for further treatment.

Police say they believe both people ingested a noxious substance, but don't know what it is.

Police say the substance may have been antifreeze, glycol, isopropanol, wood alcohol or home-brewed alcohol.

They are asking anyone with information to call them.

Prev Next

MORE National ARTICLES

Safeway Urges Consumers In Five Provinces To Throw Out Cooked Chicken Wings

Safeway is recalling several varieties of store-packaged, cooked chicken wings over concerns they may be contaminated with a toxin-producing bacteria.

Safeway Urges Consumers In Five Provinces To Throw Out Cooked Chicken Wings

Former KGB Worker Mikhail Lennikov Voluntarily Leaves Canada After 6 Years Avoiding Deportation

VANCOUVER — A former KGB agent who spent six years living inside a Vancouver church to avoid deportation has voluntarily left Canada.

Former KGB Worker Mikhail Lennikov Voluntarily Leaves Canada After 6 Years Avoiding Deportation

Some B.C. Residents Can Relax As Crews Make Progress Corralling Two Wildfires

Crews are making good progress on a pair of wildfires burning in the south Okanagan near Oliver, B.C., south of Penticton.

Some B.C. Residents Can Relax As Crews Make Progress Corralling Two Wildfires

Canadian Reporter Once Jailed In Egypt Says Anti-Terror Law Enshrines Unjust System

A Canadian journalist branded as a terrorist by the Egyptian government says new laws passed in the country today make it likely that other reporters will meet the same fate.

Canadian Reporter Once Jailed In Egypt Says Anti-Terror Law Enshrines Unjust System

Western Canada Feeling Twin Pains Of Low Crude And High Gas Prices

CALGARY — Western Canada is being hit with the twin pains of the lowest prices for heavy crude in years alongside a significant spike in gasoline prices following a shutdown at a major U.S. refinery.

Western Canada Feeling Twin Pains Of Low Crude And High Gas Prices

Boy Writes 'I'm Sorry' To Library For Damaging Book While Falling Asleep Reading

A young reader looking to atone for tearing a borrowed comic book has won over Toronto library staff — and many others online — with a handwritten apology note.