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Fentanyl
Illicit drug overdoses decrease in the Interior Health Authority for second month
KAMLOOPS – New statistics from the B.C. Coroners Service show the number of people dying…
Fentanyl dealers should face harsher sentences: B.C. Court of Appeals
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – The B.C. Court of Appeal has ruled a higher sentencing range for fentanyl…
Interior First Nations elders and chiefs declare state of emergency over fentanyl crisis
KAMLOOPS – First Nations elders and chiefs have declared a state of emergency over the…
Kelowna man charged with trafficking fentanyl in Ontario also killed a 15-year-old Burnaby teen in 2007
KELOWNA – One of the two Kelowna men arrested in Ontario this week for trafficking…
Kelowna men charged with fentanyl trafficking after traffic stop in northern Ontario
HEARST, Ont. – Ontario Provincial Police say two Kelowna men are facing charges related to…
Drug test confirms deadly opioid carfentanil in the Interior
KELOWNA – An opioid 100 times more toxic than fentanyl now poses a threat in…
Fentanyl overdose drugs are free but others needing life-saving medicine are on their own
KELOWNA – B.C. made a health care decision to provide naloxone kits for free in…
Bail granted to West Kelowna man who laced pills with fentanyl
WEST KELOWNA – A West Kelowna man who has pleaded guilty to charges related to…
Clean, medical-grade heroin for drug users? B.C.’s chief coroner thinks it’s worth considering
VICTORIA – As the number of illicit drug deaths remains on a steady pace, the…
FENTANYL CRISIS: Mobile overdose prevention vehicles could arrive by spring
KAMLOOPS – The first incarnation of future supervised consumption services will be on the streets…
FENTANYL CRISIS: Health officials consider stepping up overdose prevention services in Vernon, Penticton
VERNON – Rising overdose numbers have health officials plotting their next plan of attack against…
Interior police dogs will soon be trained to detect fentanyl
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – After the RCMP announced its police dogs would be trained in detecting fentanyl,…
‘You get used to it:’ Reversing overdoses becoming routine at Vernon non-profit
VERNON – The first time she had to grab a naloxone kit to revive someone…
Youth detox beds coming to Kelowna
KELOWNA – Support beds for youth struggling with drug or alcohol withdrawal are coming to…
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…
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…
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…