Fentanyl
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
Tracking drug overdoses needs improvement to curb the ‘fentanyl crisis’: Kamloops doctor
'THERE'S NO WAY WE'VE SEEN THE END OF THIS' THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – When a community worker…
OPINION: We need to talk about fentanyl in our community
I am writing this as I feel compelled to share my brother’s story of his…