Drug Rehabilitation
More than 60 treatment and recovery beds open in southern Interior
The BC government has expanded its addiction treatment and recovery services in the Okanagan with…
Petition launched in effort to get second detox centre in Kelowna
A Kelowna resident has started a petition in hopes of getting a new detox centre…
Detox? Interior Health is trying to get you more help sooner
Politicians have been calling for more detox and rehab facilities in Kamloops and the Okanagan…
10 youth substance abuse recovery beds headed to Kelowna
KELOWNA – A contract for 10 substance use treatment beds for youth has been awarded…
Kamloops concerned Logan Lake rehab centre is discharging clients downtown
Kamloops City staff members met with representatives of a drug rehabilitation centre located near Logan…
Expanded drug and alcohol rehab centre proposed for Kelowna
One of two private drug and alcohol rehabilitation companies in Kelowna wants to add a…
Thirty sleeping pills a day: Kelowna man shares how he legally feeds his habit
KELOWNA – Corey Varga asked his dad to hold onto his rent money so he…
Six new substance abuse and mental health beds open in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS – Six new recovery beds have been opened in a Kamloops health centre to…
Vernon defence lawyer calls for more treatment beds, mental health services for offenders
VERNON – A Vernon defence lawyer who’s helped a great number of addicts and mentally…
Drug trafficker hopes Youtube project will keep him out of prison
KAMLOOPS - It is now up to a Supreme Court justice to decide if a drug supplier's rehabilitative project has earned him the chance to serve his jail sentence in the community over Crown's recommended six-year federal imprisonment. Jean-Claude Auger, who pleaded guilty to his involvement in a drug trafficking ring, was in court Jan. 13 where his lawyer, Chris Thompson,...