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‘All fentanyl, all the time’: How the deadly drug became Canada’s public enemy No. 1

Nestled between two mountains in British Columbia’s southern interior, the tiny town of Falkland used to be known mainly for its mammoth Canadian flag, perched on a hill 500 feet above the community.

On a chilly day in October 2024, a team of RCMP officers clad in hazardous-material suits descended on a compound in the forest they would later describe as the biggest fentanyl “super lab” ever discovered in Canada.

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