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Drowning deaths in Okanagan far from unusual: B.C. Coroners Service
On Saturday a man drowned in Wood Lake while trying to help someone else struggling…
‘Bungled’: Sister of drowned Lake Country woman demands more as coroner re-opens investigation
“It’s been bungled from the get go.” That was Debbie Hennig’s reaction to the news…
Kamloops homeless advocate died of fentanyl overdose: coroner
A B.C. Coroner's report has confirmed that well-known Kamloops homeless advocate Katherine McParland died of…
Toxic drug crisis in B.C. claims 37 lives in Interior Health: coroner
Eleven people in Kamloops died as a result of a poisoned illicit drug supply in…
One person dead after multi-vehicle crash in North Okanagan
One person was killed and two remain in hospital in critical condition following a chain-reaction…
No criminality involved in Vernon man fatally burnt in Polson Park
Vernon RCMP have confirmed criminality was not involved in the death of the 53-year-old man…
Snowboarder who died at Big White identified
The Kelowna resident who died last week while snowboarding at Big White Resort has been…
Body of missing West Kelowna man found
The body of 27-year-old James Wood was discovered in the Smith Creek area of West…
57 heat dome fatalities in Thompson-Okanagan
The B.C. Coroners Service reported today that 57 people died in the Thompson-Okanagan region as…
Workplace death in Kamloops under investigation
Investigators from both the coroners service and WorkSafeBC are looking into a death at a…
194 deaths in Interior Health in first 7 months this year as overdose crisis continues
In the first seven months of 2021 – to the end of July – 194…
64 more people than average died in Interior Health during heat wave
For the seven peak days of B.C.’s recent heat wave, 110 residents in the Interior…
Heat-related deaths spike in B.C.: coroners service
The number of deaths reported to the B.C. Coroners Service jumped by 100 in the…
January illicit drug deaths double in Interior Health region
Illicit drug overdose deaths within the Interior Health region are double what they were a…
B.C. Coroner rules Shuswap Lake boat crash an accident
The B.C. Coroner's Service has ruled that the death of a 33-year-old Lake Country man,…