The province is making changes to cut down on the number of opioid deaths.

Associate Minister of Health Randy Payne says firefighters will have greater access to naloxone kits now that all First Responders can administer naloxone by injection.

Naloxone is being made an unscheduled drug, meaning anyone can get a kit without a prescription.

Alberta Health is publishing quarterly public reports on opioid overdose data and will begin publishing interim reports on fentanyl deaths.

Grant funding of $730,000 is being provided to support agencies in several communities, including Edmonton and Calgary, working to establish supervised consumption services.

Last year, 343 people died of apparent drug overdoses related to fentanyl in this province.  

That compares to 257 in 2015. In the last three months of 2016, there were 111 fentanyl-related overdose deaths in Alberta.  That compares to 81 in the previous quarter and 52 in the fourth quarter of 2015.

Both the Wildrose and Liberals say they want to see a more timely release of information to deal with the opioid crisis.