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Safe Injection Site
Vernon will soon have its first, permanent overdose prevention site
Interior Health has announced Vernon will soon be getting an overdose prevention site and it…
Vernon mom who lost daughter to fentanyl overdose appeals for safe injection site
VERNON – Sandra Welton's daughter Mehgan Parrotta had aspirations as a five-year-old to become a…
TRU survey asks for feedback on safe injection sites in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS – Researchers from Thompson Rivers University have partnered with the city to conduct a…
Kamloops council endorses supervised drug consumption sites
KAMLOOPS – The two locations for a mobile supervised drug consumption service have been picked…
Mobile illicit drug consumption site the way to go in Kelowna
KELOWNA – The director of a local addictions resource centre says Interior Health’s decision to…
Resource centre given just one week to become Kelowna’s first safe consumption site
KELOWNA – Clare MacDonald and her staff don’t mind at all that they were given…
Overdose prevention sites coming to Kamloops and Kelowna in battle against opioid overdose crisis
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – Overdose prevention sites are coming to Kelowna and Kamloops by the end of…
What a mobile safe drug consumption unit looks like to Interior Health
KAMLOOPS – As part of the plan to deal with the drug overdose crisis, the…
Interior Health has plan for safe drug consumption sites in Kelowna, Kamloops
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – In an effort to deal with the illicit drug overdose crisis in the…
Why all those discarded needles are signs of progress for HIV, Hep C in Southern Interior
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – Nearly 400 new Hepatitis C cases and as many as 15 HIV cases…
Interior Health Authority wants your thoughts on a safe consumption site in Kamloops and Kelowna
KAMLOOPS – The Interior Health Authority wants the public’s thoughts on supervised consumption. A website…
Mobile drug consumption service could be cheaper, more effective option for Kamloops
KAMLOOPS – Health officials are nailing down proposed locations for safe injection sites in Kelowna…
Health officials close to releasing proposed locations for safe injection sites in Kelowna, Kamloops
OKANAGAN – Health officials are nailing down proposed locations for safe injection sites in Kelowna…
North Kamloops businesses uneasy with a safe drug consumption service in their neighbourhood
KAMLOOPS – A survey of Kamloops businesses in North Shore and Brocklehurst neighbourhoods shows significant…
Interior Health Authority presenting safe drug consumption to Kamloops city council; will not be stand alone site
KAMLOOPS – The Interior Health Authority is bringing the safe illicit drug consumption debate to…
Vernon councillor concerned city isn’t getting fair share of homelessness, addiction funding
"WE HAVE THE SAME ISSUES" VERNON – A Vernon councillor is concerned the city is…
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…
Supervised injection site discussion coming to Kamloops council
KAMLOOPS – The next big debate in front of Kamloops city council could be over…
Spike in overdoses puts Kamloops in discussion for safe injection site
KAMLOOPS – A safe injection site is being considered for Kamloops. Provincial health minister Terry…
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…
A Kelowna safe injection site would have its challenges
LOCAL LEADERS NEED DATA; HAVE OTHER PRIORITIES KELOWNA – Safe injection and intravenous drug use…
Health officials eye controversial response to overdose deaths: Is the B.C. Interior ready for it?
OVERDOSES UP AS FENTANYL LOOMS; IS IT TIME FOR A SAFE INJECTION SITE IN THE…