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Best of 2018: Vigil mourns overdose deaths

'...I'm here to honour and respect these lives, and all other lives that we've lost to this opioid epidemic,' says organizer
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James Hopkin/SooToday

As the end of 2018 draws near, SooToday asked our reporters to think back on their most memorable assignments of 2018. Here is one from James Hopkin:

Four suspected opioid-related deaths in four days were reported in early November. I think this story kind of gutted the whole city.

This vigil took place on a rainy, gloomy day. I distinctly remember seeing and feeling the emotional heaviness of being there.

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