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Fentanyl
Five overdoses in 48 hours in Vernon; health officials say there is no clear link
VERNON – Health officials say there was a jump in the usual number of overdoses…
IHA issues warning to Kamloops drug users after five overdoses in 48 hours, including one fatality
KAMLOOPS – An overdose alert has been issued in Kamloops by the Interior Health Authority.…
Naloxone program expands across Southern Interior
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – More than 70 new sites in the Southern Interior are now able to…
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…
Already more overdose deaths in Interior Health region than all of last year: Coroner
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – Overdose deaths are continuing to spike across the province and fentanyl continues to…
West Kelowna firefighters can now administer anti-overdose drug
WEST KELOWNA – First responders from West Kelowna Fire Rescue will now be able to…
Kamloops firefighters to begin administering drug overdose antidote
KAMLOOPS – Kamloops firefighters are being handed a life-saving tool at a time when overdose…
West Kelowna couple charged with lacing pills with fentanyl get their SUV back
KELOWNA – A Cadillac Escalade confiscated by police during a raid on two properties in…
Large amounts of drugs found in West Kelowna home
WEST KELOWNA – Two people have been charged after a large amount of drugs, 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…
Local couple charged with lacing pills with fentanyl in West Kelowna warehouse
WEST KELOWNA – Two West Kelowna residents have been charged in connection with the RCMP…
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…
Kamloops gang activity leads to 10 arrests
KAMLOOPS – In the last four months local RCMP officers have been looking into potential…
Interior Health rolling out overdose tracking systems
KAMLOOPS – Interior Health is launching two new systems to help track overdoses due to…
Shortage of naloxone kits in B.C. due to production problem
KAMLOOPS – The province is facing a backlog in the production of drug kits used…
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…
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…
Local group trying to bring new youth mental health facility to Kelowna
KELOWNA – A local mother whose son overdosed on pure fentanyl will be speaking at…
The B.C. Interior is on pace to smash last year’s record number of overdose deaths
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – Overdose deaths in the Interior Health Authority, already at a record number after…
Coroner confirms teen who thought she was taking ecstasy in 2013 overdosed on heroin
KELOWNA – A young Kelowna woman who died in 2013 after taking what she thought…