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Overdose Deaths
More than 200 people in Thompson-Okanagan have died from toxic drugs
The four big cities in the Thompson-Okanagan region make up 10% of BC’s overdose deaths…
B.C. on track to lose record number of people to toxic illicit drug supply
The province is reporting a record number of overdose deaths this year so far, with…
B.C. sees slight decrease in deaths from poisoned illicit drug supply
The number of overdose deaths in the province has decreased compared to the same time…
Toxic drug crisis in B.C. claims 37 lives in Interior Health: coroner
Eleven people in Kamloops died as a result of a poisoned illicit drug supply in…
194 deaths in Interior Health in first 7 months this year as overdose crisis continues
In the first seven months of 2021 – to the end of July – 194…
Kamloops mayor pleads with drug users not to use alone as overdose death toll climbs in B.C.
It has been five years since a state of emergency was declared in B.C. to…
RCMP warn overdoses on the rise in Merritt
Merritt RCMP are warning the public about an increase in calls to potential overdoses from…
Overdose death toll within Interior Health increasing
Illicit drug overdose deaths continue to increase at an unprecedented rate. In February there were…
Kamloops addiction centre wants to hear from more drug users
KAMLOOPS – A Kamloops addiction treatment centre is halfway to their goal of collecting 300…
UBCO professor looks at tropical plant as possible tool against opioid addiction
KELOWNA – A drug with the otherworldly name of kratom may be a valuable tool…
McDONALD: Time to get serious about harm reduction during fentanyl crisis
OPINION Great news! The B.C. Coroner says only three people died of overdose in Kelowna…
Overdose crisis putting pressure on Kelowna funeral homes
KELOWNA – Front-line social service workers and emergency room staff aren’t the only ones seeing…
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…
Mother of overdose victim is calling for a therapeutic music program in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS – Sherry Robinson says if her son Tyler could have accessed a therapeutic music…
Interior Health wants to talk to Kamloops council about safe drug consumption services ASAP
KAMLOOPS – The sooner Kamloops city council can see a doctor, the sooner the city…
Opioid overdose kits soon available at all Interior Health emergency rooms
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – The Interior Health Authority is introducing take-away overdose kits and beefed up overdose…
Overdose deaths prompt province to declare public health emergency
INTERIOR HEALTH AUTHORITY HARD HIT THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – Responding to a continuing surge in drug overdose…
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…
Overdose deaths jump 30 per cent within Interior Health region
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – Overdose deaths from illicit drugs have jumped up 30 per cent over last…