Police in the region are looking into allegations that several women were pricked with GHB at the annual Western festival.

Multiple women state they were injected by syringes without their knowledge during the festival.

This substance is a central nervous system depressant.

Quebec provincial police are confirming an current inquiry into these events.

Officers are now examining the reports made by the women who have reported.

The police have not given any new information.

They have not said how many women reported the injections.

The inquiry is continuing.