{"id":349641,"date":"2025-11-02T05:19:17","date_gmt":"2025-11-02T05:19:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/349641\/"},"modified":"2025-11-02T05:19:17","modified_gmt":"2025-11-02T05:19:17","slug":"police-across-canada-warn-parents-after-morphine-staples-needles-found-in-candy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/349641\/","title":{"rendered":"Police across Canada warn parents after morphine, staples, needles found in candy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\tDescrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tIncrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>Police across Canada are urging parents to carefully inspect their children\u2019s Halloween candy after separate reports of suspicious items found in treats.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/70c8fc80.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;width:1px;height:1px\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Police in Ontario, B.C and Saskatchewan are urging parents to carefully inspect their children\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/halloween\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Halloween<\/a> candy after separate reports of suspicious items found in treats.<\/p>\n<p>In Mattawa, Ont., the <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/opp\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">OPP<\/a> says a family on Chenier Road discovered a chip bag that appeared to have been cut open and resealed. Preliminary tests indicated the presence of a suspected opioid, believed to be morphine.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/national.jpg\" alt=\"Get the day's top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tGet daily National news<\/p>\n<p>Get the day&#8217;s top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day.<\/p>\n<p>Officers are investigating but say no other similar reports in the area have been made.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile in Saskatchewan, police received a report from a parent who found a thin piece of metal, similar to a needle, inside a chocolate bar.<\/p>\n<p>The candy was collected while trick-or-treating in Regina, in the Greens on Gardiner neighborhood.<\/p>\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>According to a release, in B.C, the Surrey Police Service and RCMP Surrey Provincial Operations Support Unit are investigating a report of a metal staple found inside a Reese\u2019s Buttercup Halloween candy.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\tTrending Now\n\t<\/p>\n<ul class=\"l-inlineStories__posts c-posts c-posts--inline \">\n<li class=\"c-posts__item\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11506582\/snap-benefits-cut-off-during-shutdown-driving-long-lines-at-food-pantries\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ba0698f391d5136880460b1f30f8678e3e114e6fc63407110b1e119e5262c42c_975b23.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tSNAP benefits cut off during shutdown, driving long lines at food pantries\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<li class=\"c-posts__item\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11505629\/fda-restricts-use-of-kids-fluoride-supplements-citing-emerging-health-risks\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/caaf0002d4647b82da0969687a7a924cd6af1a38a3cf6c44de83d5e7c3258a97.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tFDA restricts use of kids\u2019 fluoride supplements citing emerging health risks\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The children were trick-or-treating in the Clayton Heights area near 188 Street to 190 Street and 72 Avenue to 70 Avenue.<\/p>\n<p>As a precaution, the OPP recommends that parents and guardians inspect all Halloween treats.<\/p>\n<p>Signs of tampering include tears, holes, or irregularities in candy wrappers, signs of re-sealing or altered packaging, and any items that appear suspicious, even if unopened.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities in both provinces are reminding parents and guardians to remain vigilant and report anything unusual to local police immediately.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\tMore on Canada<br \/>\n\t\t\tMore videos\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t&amp;copy 2025 Global News, a division of Corus Entertainment Inc.\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Descrease article font size Increase article font size Police across Canada are urging parents to carefully inspect 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