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Fentanyl
User survey reveals drugs of choice in Thompson-Okanagan
INTERIOR HEALTH LEADS THE WAY IN DISTRIBUTION OF NALOXONE KITS THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – A recent survey…
Pass the pot: UBC Okanagan study shows patients choose cannabis over prescription pain killers
KELOWNA – An UBC Okanagan study says patients prefer medical marijuana over prescription opioids for…
Vernon Polson Park shooter back behind bars
A Vernon man sentenced to nine years in jail following a shootout in Polson Park…
‘Merchants of death’: Lengthy sentence for Vernon fentanyl dealer
Vernon resident Cody Carl Charles Wellington was on bail and supposed to be living in…
More jail for Vernon drug dealer busted while on bail for drug dealing
A Vernon drug dealer who was caught selling drugs while on bail for drug trafficking…
Why the drug crisis is much more visible in Okanagan, Kamloops than out east
The illicit drug crisis is something people in communities throughout British Columbia rub shoulders with…
‘Get it to the courts’: Kamloops councillors expect legal challenge to drug ban
Public drug use is now banned in Kamloops as the city responds to decriminalization across…
Kamloops man gets more than eight years in jail for gun, drug possession
A 25-year-old Kamloops man was already banned from carrying guns when RCMP caught him with…
Having $20,000 of cocaine in condo nets Kelowna man five years jail
A Kelowna man who began dealing drugs when he was a teenager will spend five…
Chemicals to make more than 260 million doses of fentanyl seized in Lower Mainland
Two people were arrested and a massive amount of precursor chemicals for making illicit drugs…
Dog that regularly ingested fentanyl and meth seized by B.C. SPCA
A B.C. man whose dog ingested, fentanyl, cocaine and meth, and was regularly found to…
North Okanagan’s top cop critical about drug decriminalization rollout
While the decriminalization of small amounts of hard drugs has been controversial, Vernon RCMP Supt.…
Vernon drug dealer gets jail for dealing drugs while on bail for drug dealing
A Vernon man who was caught dealing drugs while on bail for dealing drugs was…
Vernon RCMP uncover large qualities of prescription drugs during traffic stop
A routine North Okanagan traffic stop led to the arrest of two men after their…
Dealer gets six years jail for sophisticated Vernon drug trafficking operation
A Vancouver Island man, who was living in a luxury lakeside Vernon apartment and dealing…
Drug users in Kelowna and Vernon should be extra careful this week
High concentrations of benzos and fentanyl have been found in recent samples of down, and…
Interior Health warning of toxic drug supply in Kelowna, Kamloops
Interior Health is warning users of a toxic drug supply in Kelowna and Kamloops that…
Man could be jailed for 8 years for drug trafficking at luxury lakeside Vernon condo
A 28-year-old Vancouver Island man found to have had a kilogram of cocaine in his…
Vernon woman’s ‘mid-level’ fentanyl dealing nets her 3 years jail
B.C. Supreme Court Justice Allan Betton said he "admired and respected" the steps that Selina…
Vernon woman convicted for ‘mid-level’ fentanyl dealing
A Vernon woman that managed a dial-a-dope operation and was a "mid-level" drug dealer appeared…
No jail for low-level Vernon carfentanil dealer
A Vernon judge decided not to send a woman caught selling potentially deadly drugs fentanyl…
Okanagan man busted for trafficking carfentanil
An Okanagan man with a lengthy history of stealing cars and dealing drugs has been…
Police seize 320 kg of pure fentanyl in raid at clandestine lab in Chilliwack
Police found enough ingredients to produce 320 kilograms of pure fentanyl at a rural home…
Dark web fentanyl linked to U.S. sailor deaths came from B.C.
A B.C. man was indicted on federal charges in the U.S. for allegedly operating an…