Fentanyl
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…
Merritt mom who lost son to overdose pleads for change
The mother of a Merritt man who died of a fentanyl overdose in Kamloops two…
Devastated Kamloops father of fentanyl overdose victim demanding change
A father in Kamloops is devastated after his 25-year-old daughter became yet another victim of…
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…
Judge says Kelowna fentanyl dealer’s lifestyle was ‘perhaps inevitable’
B.C. Supreme Court Justice Steven Wilson said it was "perhaps inevitable" that Cody Erin Lypowich…
‘Living a nightmare’: North Okanagan mom grieves 15-year-old son’s overdose death
In early April, Donna Gregersen's 15-year-old son died in a house in Enderby. While a…
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…
Same crime, different outcome: Penticton fentanyl dealers get vastly different sentences
A couple of Okanagan drug dealers busted in a Walmart parking lot for selling fentanyl…
Illicit toxic drug deaths hit Thompson-Okanagan region hard in 2021
People from the Thompson-Cariboo region were nearly 50% more likely to die from illicit drugs last…