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Opioid Crisis
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…
High price of addiction treatment in Kelowna leaves families desperate
Addiction treatment can cost people tens of thousands of dollars, and the few publicly-funded services…
Addiction worker sends patients from Kelowna to Thailand to get clean
Andy Bhatti has lived experience with trauma and addiction and now he helps other people…
30,000 kg of chemicals used to make meth seized in North Okanagan
RCMP officers raided a rural property in the North Okanagan almost a month ago seizing…
Kamloops man’s innovative solution to housing, drug crises gains ground, literally
Kamloops university student Trevor Starchuk designed a first-of-its-kind housing and treatment model to address the…
Two arrests in Clearwater part of drugs and guns investigation
RCMP raided a home in Clearwater, north of Kamloops, and arrested two people today. The…
‘Just normal people like everybody else’: The reality of homelessness in Kelowna’s tent city
Erica Stewart has been living in a tent on the Kelowna section of the Okanagan…
Okanagan mayors push for treatment over public drug use to combat opioid crisis
Families and children should not have to witness open drug use and overdoses when going…
Safe supply of drugs only part of solution to opioid overdose crisis in BC
A Kelowna clinic is offering a safe supply of drugs to people struggling with addiction…
Kelowna mom explains how safer supply at Interior Health is saving lives
Prescribed safer supply services have been established in Kelowna, Vernon, Nelson and Kamloops by Interior…
Kelowna Rail Trail forebodes a growing housing and drug crisis
The Kelowna Rail Trail is the City’s designated campground for Kelowna’s homeless population. If you…
Penticton man’s dream of opioid crisis memorial bench realized
A memorial bench has been unveiled in Penticton to commemorate the lives lost to the opioid…
One-in-five in BC knew someone who died from poisoned drug supply: survey
Most British Columbians would like to see a safe supply of drugs for opioid users,…
Kamloops a step closer to banning public drug use
Drug users may be allowed to carry their supply in public, but the City of…
Death toll from toxic illicit drug supply in Okanagan, Kamloops continues to climb
The toxic illicit drug supply in the Okanagan and Similkameen was responsible for 26 deaths…
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…
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…
Shambhala was ahead of Canada in checking drugs at music festivals
As the summer season brings the return of concerts and events to the region, venues…
Interior Health bringing Suboxone to all emergency departments
Interior Health is making treatment for opioid users easier by bringing Suboxone to all its…
Protests planned for Kamloops, Kelowna as death toll from poisoned drug supply crisis soars
More than 9,400 British Columbians lost their lives to toxic illicit drugs in the past…
Why these bursaries are only for recovering Kamloops drug users
One organization in Kamloops has a unique and effective way of helping recovering drug users…
No ‘shame and guilt’ in overdose deaths, Kamloops advocates say
Troylana Manson says she was relieved this week when she learned a Kamloops homeless youth…
Permanent supervised drug consumption site coming to downtown Kamloops
A new supervised drug consumption site is moving into a downtown Kamloops building. Interior Health…
Interior Health aims to open complex care facility this fall
Interior Health is soliciting contractors to open a complex care site in the region, anticipating…