Addiction
Mother of man killed by train in Kamloops reflects on his life on the streets
CONTENT ADVISORY As Chandra Collins waits for the coroner's report for more information about the…
This is how the cost of health care is being dumped on local governments
The City of Kelowna just got a $622,000 federal grant to create a program to…
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…
Recovering alcoholic takes Penticton Facebook group along on his journey to sobriety
After Brad Britton finished his junior hockey career as a Penticton Panther he became severely…
Kamloops man gives back to city with experience from ‘both sides’
A man in a red shirt has been picking up used needles, scrubbing graffiti off…
Penticton man who beat addiction planning memorial bench for overdose deaths
Gord Portman spent 17 years living on the streets of Penticton and personally knew more…
Vernon mom whose baby swallowed meth, cocaine released after 4 months
A Vernon mother who accidentally allowed her 10-month-old baby to swallow meth and cocaine was…
Kamloops’s top cop blasts Logan Lake addictions centre for bringing homeless people into city
The spotlight is back on a Logan Lake addictions recovery centre, as the head of…
Interior Health to expand mental health, addiction services in Kamloops
Seventeen more mental health workers are expected to staff an expanded Interior Health facility in…
Why medical training is key to reducing drug overdose deaths in B.C.
There’s no question that there’s a lot of pain and suffering in the world. When…
Osoyoos Indian Band and life sciences company plan to open detox clinic using psychedelic drug
The demons of severe addiction may finally meet their match at a proposed detox clinic…
‘Falling through the cracks’: City councillor looks for answers on Kelowna’s street entrenched population
Interior Health has greatly increased its staff and resources to help some of the most…
LETTER: Vernon city councillor hopes personal addiction message helps someone in need
OPINION I am not anonymous. Hello, my name is Kelly Fehr and I am a…
Pathways Addictions Resource Centre reopens in Penticton with large drop in clientele
By charging $100 for an hour of counselling, Pathways Addictions Resource Centre managed to reopen…
Penticton council calls on Interior Health to restore funding to Pathways Addictions Resource Centre
It costs more money to employ two staffers at Interior Health than it did to…