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Opioid Crisis
Overdose numbers frustrating for Kelowna city councillors
KELOWNA – A clearly rattled city council heard from the Interior Health Authority Monday afternoon…
Old school tool used to fight opioid overdose crisis in the Interior Health Authority
The opioid crisis that’s killing dozens of people across the Interior Health Authority is relatively…
Illicit drug overdoses on the rise in the South Okanagan in 2017
PENTICTON – The South Okanagan has not been excluded from the opioid crisis in B.C.,…
Home drug testing not a simple solution in opioid overdose fight
If fentanyl-laced drugs are killing people, a simple solution would be to offer a cheap…
Woman behind scuttled Penticton addiction recovery centre not giving up
PENTICTON – Michelle Jansen says she’s not giving up her efforts to establish a privately…
UBCO professor looks at tropical plant as possible tool against opioid addiction
KELOWNA – A drug with the otherworldly name of kratom may be a valuable tool…
Why West Kelowna and Penticton are never mentioned in overdose numbers
OKANAGAN – This is a short list you really don’t want to make. Both West…
Overdose crisis putting pressure on Kelowna funeral homes
KELOWNA – Front-line social service workers and emergency room staff aren’t the only ones seeing…
Dealing with transients, drug addicts a daily struggle for new homeowners
KAMLOOPS – When people complain about transients and drug users in their neighbourhood, they are…
North Okanagan men share how they kicked their addictions
"I WAS OUT THERE DYING ON THE STREETS OF KELOWNA" VERNON – Jacob Philp knows…
“No good news from the coroner,” Interior Health officials update regional directors on opioid crisis
PENTICTON – The severity of the region’s opioid crisis was brought home to regional directors…
Spike in suspected overdoses prompts warning from Interior Health
Interior Health is sounding the alarm for drug users after a big spike in suspected…
Overdose warning stemmed from fatal overdoses across Interior: Chief medical health officer
THOMPSON OKANAGAN – After nine fatal overdoses in the Interior Health region, an overdose warning…
Overdose action teams to hit the streets in Kelowna, Kamloops and Vernon
Three Interior cities are amongst the hardest hit in the province by the ongoing opioid…
Chief medical health officer faces grim 2017 overdose numbers for Interior Health
After another year of ghastly overdose statistics for the Interior Health Authority in 2017, the…