COVID led causes of lower life expectancy in B.C. women during pandemic. For men, it was toxic drugs: report

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A new report from Statistics Canada, co-authored by several members of B.C.'s Office of the Provincial Health Officer, shows that during the COVID-19 pandemic, life expectancy at birth decreased — a decline that was driven in large part by deaths caused by the toxic unregulated drug supply.