This week for BuzzFeed News, Sarah A. Topol searches for buried treasure. Read that and these other great stories from BuzzFeed and around the web.

The Hunt for Poland's Buried Nazi Gold Trains — BuzzFeed News

Last summer, explorers in Poland claimed to have discovered tunnels built for trains carrying plundered Nazi gold, only to be debunked a few months later. But for the true believers who’ve been hunting for this treasure for decades, this merely proved what they’ve thought all along: Inside these mountains are secrets and stories that some would rather stay buried. Read it at BuzzFeed News.

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Why Are Indigenous Canadians Killing Themselves? — BuzzFeed News

In recent months, hundreds of Canadian Indigenous people have tried to kill themselves, with 11 people attempting suicide in a single night in April. As the crisis intensifies across the country, Zehra Rehman visits the residents of one Cree reserve as they try to make sense of it while tracing the decades of injustices that led them here. Read it at BuzzFeed News.

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Oxycontin's 12-Hour Problem — Los Angeles Times

In this deeply reported investigation, Harriet Ryan, Lisa Girion, and Scott Glover allege that OxyContin drugmaker Purdue Pharma misled the public when promoting their drug, ultimately contributing to its widespread abuse. “You are messing with those areas of the brain that are involved in addiction, and you are going to get the person dependent on it." Read it at Los Angeles Times.

Liz. O. Baylen / Los Angeles Times

A Surge of Startups Is Changing Life in Utah — BuzzFeed News

In Provo office parks and Salt Lake City startup incubators, tech is increasingly making a home for itself in the Beehive State. But, as Caroline O'Donovan learns, not everyone’s happy about tech’s impact on the Utah way of life. Read it at BuzzFeed News.

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