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Overdose
How Kamloops officials are monitoring mobile overdose prevention sites
KAMLOOPS – Since rolling into Kamloops earlier this year, the mobile overdose prevention sites have…
Seven recent deaths in Kelowna linked to overdose
KELOWNA – Several overdoses in the Okanagan have prompted health officials to warn the public…
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…
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…