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Vernon man arrested after found sleeping in stolen car to stay behind bars
A Vernon man who was discovered passed out in the driver's seat of a stolen…
Overdose just by touching fentanyl? Kamloops doc calls out inaccurate drug education for students
A Kamloops physician has turned to Twitter to express his outrage with a program aimed…
Why this Kamloops drug trafficker didn’t get an additional sentence for fentanyl
A Kamloops man has been sentenced to nearly four years in prison after pleading guilty…
Interior Health issues drug alert in Salmon Arm for extremely toxic opioids
Interior Health Authority has issued a drug alert for the Salmon Arm area. The alert…
‘Socially isolated’ Vernon man gets jail time for chauffeuring fentanyl dealer
A 44-year old Vernon man who was living with his parents and described as socially…
Man charged with selling nearly fatal drug concoction to Merritt women found not guilty
A man accused of selling a deadly mixture of drugs to three Merritt women in…
Fentanyl, crystal meth and cocaine found when Kamloops driver pulled over
A Kamloops area man was arrested this week after RCMP pulled him over and found…
Kelowna man arrested in drug bust
Kelowna RCMP have arrested a 49-year-old man after a search of Rutland property uncovered drugs,…
Drugs, cash recovered during traffic stop in Kamloops
A routine traffic stop in late January in Kamloops netted RCMP cash and drugs, and…
Vernon man already banned from driving gets jail for blowing through red light
A Vernon man already banned from driving for 10 years was sentenced to six months…
Fentanyl-related deaths drop by almost 50 per cent in Kamloops and Kelowna
Both Kamloops and Kelowna have seen nearly a 50 per cent decrease in the number…
Drug warning issued around Cranbrook drug supply
Interior Health Authority has issued a drug warning after reports of multiple overdoses with severe…
Vernon RCMP seize fentanyl and cash after raid on problem property
RCMP raids on a problem property and local hotel room have unearthed quantities of suspected…
Feds to supply Vancouver Downtown Eastside addicts with safe drugs during pandemic
The Mayor of Vancouver has announced the federal government has given the green light to…
A look inside Vernon’s overdose prevention site
On a non-descriptive street in downtown Vernon, across the road from a strip club, and…