Fentanyl
Vernon schools fighting addiction before it begins, as fentanyl crisis looms
VERNON – As drug over dose deaths hit crisis levels across the province, one school…
Guilty plea likely from West Kelowna Fentanyl warehouse owner
KELOWNA – The man accused of running a Fentanyl-lacing operation out of a West Kelowna…
Local politicians hear details of overdose crisis in Vernon
VERNON – More people died of an illicit drug overdose in Vernon in 2016 than…
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…
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…
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…
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 pushing forward with mobile safe drug use units for Kamloops and Kelowna
KELOWNA – The Interior Health Authority is going ahead with an application to the federal…
Fentanyl seized in Vernon drug bust; 19 people charged
VERNON – An undercover RCMP investigation at the end of 2016 ended with 19 people…
YEAR IN REVIEW: Fentanyl’s devastating impact on the Thompson-Okanagan
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – More than 700 people in B.C. have died this year from illicit drug…
Kamloops outreach organization eyes next steps in fentanyl crisis
KAMLOOPS – As B.C. heads into another year of the fentanyl crisis, the leader of…
Kamloops overdose prevention services are already saving lives
KAMLOOPS – After being open for less than a week, the new overdose prevention sites…
Warnings about fentanyl-laced marijuana in the Southern Interior
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – Fentanyl is being mixed with marijuana here in the Southern Interior, leading the…
Number of illicit drug overdose deaths hit record numbers in B.C.
POWERFUL OPIOID FENTANYL PRESENT IN HIGH NUMBER OF FATALITIES VICTORIA – The number of overdose…
Rutland overdose prevention site not opening as per B.C. government plan
KELOWNA – The Interior Health Authority isn’t going into specifics, but the overdose prevention site…