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Fentanyl
Large amounts of drugs found in West Kelowna home
WEST KELOWNA – Two people have been charged after a large amount of drugs, including…
Kamloops information session to tackle drugs and overdoses
KAMOOPS – An upcoming information session could help you better understand drugs and overdoses, including…
Opioid overdose kits soon available at all Interior Health emergency rooms
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – The Interior Health Authority is introducing take-away overdose kits and beefed up overdose…
Local couple charged with lacing pills with fentanyl in West Kelowna warehouse
WEST KELOWNA – Two West Kelowna residents have been charged in connection with the RCMP…
B.C. Coroners reports illicit drug overdose deaths up 75 per cent
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – The B.C. Coroners Service has released more illicit drug overdose statistics which show…
Shortage of anti-overdose drug kits resolved in B.C.
KAMLOOPS – A backlog affecting the distribution of the overdose halting naloxone kits is no…
Kamloops gang activity leads to 10 arrests
KAMLOOPS – In the last four months local RCMP officers have been looking into potential…
Interior Health rolling out overdose tracking systems
KAMLOOPS – Interior Health is launching two new systems to help track overdoses due to…
More suspects being linked to ‘Wolfpack’ gang
KAMLOOPS – Two Kamloops men have been arrested and charged in connection with several counts…
Shortage of naloxone kits in B.C. due to production problem
KAMLOOPS – The province is facing a backlog in the production of drug kits used…
ASK Wellness wants better access to potentially life saving drug in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS – A Kamloops social worker wants fewer government restrictions so his organization can easily…
Spike in overdoses puts Kamloops in discussion for safe injection site
KAMLOOPS – A safe injection site is being considered for Kamloops. Provincial health minister Terry…
Number of syringes discarded in Kamloops unprecedented
KAMLOOPS – The number of syringes discarded by illicit drug users in public spaces in…
Kelowna council to hear from Interior Health about safe injection site proposal
KELOWNA – With overdose deaths soaring in the city, Dr. Trevor Corneil, senior medical health…
Overdose deaths in B.C. up 88 per cent this year
FENTANYL INCREASING AS CULPRIT IN DEATHS BRITISH COLUMBIA – The B.C. Coroners Service says there…
A drug 100 times stronger than fentanyl is in Kelowna
KELOWNA – A synthetic opioid nearly 100 times more potent than fentanyl has shown up…
No firm date for overdose tracking system for Interior Health
PROVINCE DECLARED PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY IN MID APRIL THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – Interior Health is still working…
Kamloops man may be first in B.C. to be sentenced for trafficking fentanyl
KAMLOOPS – A crown prosecutor is seeking a lengthy prison sentence for what she believes…
Health minister warns about fentanyl overdoses in Kamloops today
KAMLOOPS – Provincial health minister Terry Lake is warning illicit drug users in Kamloops after…
Local group trying to bring new youth mental health facility to Kelowna
KELOWNA – A local mother whose son overdosed on pure fentanyl will be speaking at…
The B.C. Interior is on pace to smash last year’s record number of overdose deaths
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – Overdose deaths in the Interior Health Authority, already at a record number after…
Coroner confirms teen who thought she was taking ecstasy in 2013 overdosed on heroin
KELOWNA – A young Kelowna woman who died in 2013 after taking what she thought…
Fentanyl dealer nabbed by helpful bystanders sentenced in Kelowna court
KELOWNA – A cocaine, meth and fentanyl dealer was sentenced to three years in prison…
No real time data on deadly drug overdoses but that could change
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – With overdose deaths from illicit drugs becoming a more frequent occurrence across Canada,…