Fentanyl
Teen overdoses spur Kamloops mom into action
Kamloops mom Corally Delwo was shocked when she heard her son’s longtime friend had overdosed…
Vernon fentanyl dealer’s addiction and ‘chaotic upbringing’ fueled offences: lawyer
A Vernon man who jumped several fences while running from police and got tasered twice…
A look inside Vernon’s overdose prevention site
On a non-descriptive street in downtown Vernon, across the road from a strip club, and…
Vernon will soon have its first, permanent overdose prevention site
Interior Health has announced Vernon will soon be getting an overdose prevention site and it…
Fentanyl-related deaths drop by almost 50 per cent in Kamloops and Kelowna
Both Kamloops and Kelowna have seen nearly a 50 per cent decrease in the number…
Overdose prevention: Interior Health providing take-home drug testing strips
Drug users in the Interior Health region have a new tool to help them make…
New drug checking technology available in Penticton
Interior Health has a new resource available today in Penticton to help people check the…
Interior Health issues drug and overdose alert for Penticton
Interior Health is alerting Penticton and South Okanagan drug users to check their drugs after…
‘Socially isolated’ Vernon man gets jail time for chauffeuring fentanyl dealer
A 44-year old Vernon man who was living with his parents and described as socially…
Interior Health issues Kamloops drug alert for fentanyl-laced crystal meth
Two samples of crystal meth sold in Kamloops have tested positive for fentanyl, prompting a…
Why this Kamloops drug trafficker didn’t get an additional sentence for fentanyl
A Kamloops man has been sentenced to nearly four years in prison after pleading guilty…
Vernon judge tells fentanyl dealer ‘don’t do the crime if you can’t do the time’
A 23-year-old fentanyl dealer will spend 18-months behind bars after Judge Jeremy Guild told him…
Two years after arrest Vernon fentanyl dealer left waiting for sentence
A Lower Mainland man convicted for dealing fentanyl in Vernon will have to wait a…
North Okanagan RCMP raids lead to arrests of suspected high level drug dealers
Vernon RCMP have arrested four people believed to have been supplying drugs to dealers across…
West Kelowna police raids turn up fentanyl and cash
Raids on three West Kelowna properties in March has led to three people being charged…