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Opioid Crisis
ASK Wellness AGM in Kamloops to touch on drug treatment strategies, recovery
KAMLOOPS — If you’ve ever had questions, concerns or just wanted to know the inner…
City to urge community engagement on Vernon overdose prevention site
VERNON – City council is looking to ensure that the community’s interests are met before…
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…
Vernon will soon have its first, permanent overdose prevention site
Interior Health has announced Vernon will soon be getting an overdose prevention site and it…
Deadly street drug combination threatening lives in B.C.
As drug overdose deaths continue to rise in B.C., the Northern Health region has put…
Kelowna mom joins call for daily overdose numbers in B.C.
When B.C.’s top doctor was moved to tears while announcing the recent spike in overdose…
Kamloops toddler finds baggie of purple drugs in park; mom manages to avert danger
An 11-month-old was playing at a Kamloops park this weekend when they came upon a…
Premier Horgan wants new national sick leave program to be followed by federal approach to opioid crisis
Premier John Horgan praised the federal government’s new $19 billion Safe Restart Program today, in…
Penticton outreach volunteers save overdosing woman’s life
Staff with a Penticton non-profit organization that aims to help the city's vulnerable population helped…
Kamloops council to consider motion urging feds to decriminalize illicit drugs
In the midst of an opioid crisis and Kamloops experiencing a surge in overdose deaths…
‘Our staff are beaten up:’ ASK Wellness wants national approach to overdose crisis
ASK Wellness Society staff are burning out and the non-profit group's executive director says it’s time…
Kelowna frontline worker juggles own mental health, pandemic restrictions and overdose crisis
Frontline worker Shey Still has become so accustomed to overdose deaths she says she expects…
This telephone on a Kamloops hiking trail offers connection to the ‘other side’
A mysterious phone mounted to a piece of plywood has shown up on a Kamloops…
Opioid mixtures make toxic drug supply even more dangerous in the Interior
The opioid supply on the streets is getting more and more dangerous, but desperation often…
January illicit drug deaths double in Interior Health region
Illicit drug overdose deaths within the Interior Health region are double what they were a…