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Opioid Crisis
McDONALD: No cure for the indifference helping to kill hundreds in B.C.
OPINION If you have never heard of Dr. Trevor Corneil, that’s OK, but I sleep…
Kelowna continues to stand out as hot spot for overdose deaths
KELOWNA – What’s with Kelowna and drug overdoses? The latest numbers from the B.C. Coroners…
SURVIVING FENTANYL: Overdose survivor shares his story of despair and recovery
KAMLOOPS – The last thing Dayton Wilson remembers on Sept. 1, 2016, was shopping at…
Four-month check up for Interior Health’s OD RVs
Now that Health Canada will allow people to use the pill or powdered from of…
North Okanagan men share how they kicked their addictions
"I WAS OUT THERE DYING ON THE STREETS OF KELOWNA" VERNON – Jacob Philp knows…
More people in Kelowna hospitalized for opiate overdoses than any other Canadian city
KELOWNA – A new report from the Canadian Institute for Health Information puts Kelowna way…
Dealing with transients, drug addicts a daily struggle for new homeowners
KAMLOOPS – When people complain about transients and drug users in their neighbourhood, they are…
Second annual Overdose Awareness Day set to go at Riverside Park
KAMLOOPS – Reducing stigma and breaking down barriers for people dealing with drug addiction are…
Inaugural Kelowna event planned to remember overdose victims
KELOWNA – The first International Overdose Awareness Day is being held later this month, as…
Mothers of Okanagan fentanyl victims get Drug Overdose Awareness Day
KELOWNA – The mom of a Kelowna man who died of fentanyl overdose has gotten…
ASK Wellness sees upwards of 30 people a day at supervised drug site in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS – The customized bus that operates as the mobile drug consumption unit in Kamloops…
Supervised drug consumption approved for Kamloops and Kelowna
Kamloops and Kelowna are taking another step forward in the fight against the opioid overdose…
REVIVED: Kamloops woman saved from opioid overdose gets second chance
"We found you on the sidewalk," the paramedics told Jen as she came to. "You…
Naloxone kits could be coming to secondary schools in the Central Okanagan
KELOWNA – Should potentially life-saving, overdose-reversing drugs be kept on hand in Central Okanagan secondary…
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…