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Kelowna’s mobile overdose prevention unit gets high tech gift
KELOWNA – The people using the mobile overdose prevention in unit will be able to…
Inaugural Kelowna event planned to remember overdose victims
KELOWNA – The first International Overdose Awareness Day is being held later this month, as…
Overdose crisis a top priority for B.C.’s new Mental Health and Addictions Minister
For the first time in 16 years, there’s a new political party in power for…
Illicit drug overdose deaths in the province continue to rise
The number of illicit drug overdose deaths in the province has had a sharp increase…
Vernon library signs remind visitors to be ‘awake, sober and respectful’
VERNON – The Vernon Library has posted signs stating people must be “awake, sober and…
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…
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…
Kamloops doctors open addictions clinic to battle overdoses
KAMLOOPS – In the midst of climbing overdose deaths in the province, a group of…
Overdoses claimed 129 lives in B.C. last month
Last month illicit drug overdose deaths dropped slightly, but since May of 2016, deaths in…
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…
Overdose deaths up 50 per cent in Okanagan this year
OKANAGAN – Interior Health is warning Okanagan drug users about the lethal effects of their…
Mobile overdose prevention bus opens its doors in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS – Local drug outreach services just got a boost today with the opening of…
April worst month so far for 2017 drug overdose deaths in B.C.
The number of suspected drug overdose deaths in April measures out to roughly four lives…
Overdose prevention bus rolls into Kamloops
KAMLOOPS – At first glance it looks like a run-of-the mill recreational vehicle, but it’s…
Vernon Jubilee Hospital recorded the highest number of overdoses in the region — this could be why
VERNON – Staff at Vernon Jubilee Hospital recorded more drug overdoses than their counterparts in…
FENTANYL CRISIS: Mobile overdose prevention unit hits the road in Kelowna
KELOWNA – The mobile unit promised by the Interior Health Authority to replace the fixed,…
B.C. ELECTION 2017: Breaking down each party’s response to overdose crisis
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – As Interior residents continue to die from overdose at a record pace, the…
March third-highest month for illicit drug overdose deaths in B.C.
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – People across the province continue to die at an alarming rate due to…
FENTANYL CRISIS: From opium to opioids: A look at British Columbia’s illicit drug history
VANCOUVER – Hundreds of British Columbians have died from overdoses in recent months, but the…
FENTANYL CRISIS: Just over 1,600 needles picked up in Kelowna parks last month
KELOWNA – Hopefully this isn't a sign of things to come in the middle of…
‘Our province failed’ teen who overdosed in Kelowna mall bathroom: NDP candidate
KELOWNA – The NDP candidate for Christy Clark’s Westside-Kelowna MLA seat says gaps in the…
Kelowna teen died in mall bathroom after being turned away from drug treatment
KELOWNA – There was a time not long ago when Chelsea Christianson had lots of…