Elevate your local knowledge
Sign up for the iNFOnews newsletter today!
Overdose
Death race continues as overdoses climb again within Interior Health
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – Kelowna has caught up to Kamloops in a grim measure, that of overdose…
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…
Naloxone program expands across Southern Interior
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – More than 70 new sites in the Southern Interior are now able to…
Overdose surveillance sheds new light on opiod use in the Interior Health Authority
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – Opioid overdose surveillance conducted at the Interior Health Authority’s three largest hospitals is…
Anti-overdose drug now standard equipment at Kelowna’s Gospel Mission
KELOWNA – Naloxone has become a necessary piece of equipment for frontline homeless shelters like…
Recently revealed emails between B.C. doctors suggest new ways of tackling fentanyl crisis
DISCONTINUATION OF OXYCONTIN 'FAILED EXPERIMENT IN PROHIBITION' THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – Medical health professionals behind the scenes…
Safe consumption services at least six months away for Interior Health
OVERDOSE RATE THIS YEAR IN HEALTH AUTHORITY ALMOST DOUBLE THAT OF 2015 THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – News…
West Kelowna firefighters can now administer anti-overdose drug
WEST KELOWNA – First responders from West Kelowna Fire Rescue will now be able to…
Kamloops sobering centre could act as drunk tank with extra services
KAMLOOPS – A centre where people who are drunk or high can go to sober…
Kamloops information session to tackle drugs and overdoses
KAMOOPS – An upcoming information session could help you better understand drugs and overdoses, including…
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…
B.C. Coroners reports illicit drug overdose deaths up 75 per cent
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – The B.C. Coroners Service has released more illicit drug overdose statistics which show…
Shortage of anti-overdose drug kits resolved in B.C.
KAMLOOPS – A backlog affecting the distribution of the overdose halting naloxone kits is no…
Why an overdose death in Dawson Creek is being treated differently than anywhere else
DAWSON CREEK RCMP PLAN TO HOLD DRUG DEALERS RESPONSIBLE FOR OVERDOSE DEATHS KAMLOOPS – Earlier…
B.C. doctors fight soaring opioid deaths with new drug prescription rules
VANCOUVER – Doctors across British Columbia now have new rules to follow as they prescribe…
Kelowna first on list for safe injection site in Interior Health
FORMAL APPLICATION TO FEDERAL GOVERNMENT A COUPLE OF MONTHS AWAY CENTRAL OKANAGAN – Formal application…
With overdoses soaring, drug return program has new urgency
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – Overdose deaths are at record levels in the province and residents are being…
Health authority says it will try to retrieve more syringes from Kelowna needle exchange program
COMPLAINTS ABOUT DISCARDED SYRINGES ON THE RISE KELOWNA – The Interior Health Authority has promised…
Kelowna council to hear from Interior Health about safe injection site proposal
KELOWNA – With overdose deaths soaring in the city, Dr. Trevor Corneil, senior medical health…
Overdose deaths in B.C. up 88 per cent this year
FENTANYL INCREASING AS CULPRIT IN DEATHS BRITISH COLUMBIA – The B.C. Coroners Service says there…
A drug 100 times stronger than fentanyl is in Kelowna
KELOWNA – A synthetic opioid nearly 100 times more potent than fentanyl has shown up…
B.C. Health Minister predicts record drug overdose deaths this year
VICTORIA – British Columbia's health minister says he's hopeful the rate of drug overdose deaths…
Two illicit drug overdose deaths in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS – Police and the coroner are investigating two illicit drug overdose deaths in Kamloops…
No firm date for overdose tracking system for Interior Health
PROVINCE DECLARED PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY IN MID APRIL THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – Interior Health is still working…