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BC nurse gave patients narcotics without documenting them
A BC nurse has been suspended for three months after failing to document patient conditions…
Human Rights Tribunal rules Kamloops doctor’s medical notes were ‘discrimination’
A Kamloops doctor and addictions specialist has been ordered to pay $7,500 to a patient…
Resources for addicts in Kelowna starting to expand
KELOWNA – After years of increased homelessness and drug use in Kelowna, resources being poured…
‘I’M SCARED’: Okanagan woman fears loss of life-changing chronic pain treatment
VERNON – Anne Harvey spent years finding a pain management regime that allows her to…
RCMP staying mum on decriminalizing illegal drug users
KELOWNA – Calls to cut overdose deaths by decriminalizing people using illegal drugs appear to…
Overdose prevention site set for Vernon, but details vague
VERNON – Interior Health is bringing an overdose prevention site to Vernon, but the where,…
Vernon drug checking service wants you to ‘know what’s in your dope’
VERNON – With a toothpick, the outreach worker picks up a few sand-sized specks from…
Former baseball hopeful developed addiction after sports surgery; convicted for drug trafficking in North Okanagan
VERNON – A former baseball player with a scholarship to a U.S. college was handed…
Overdose death rate holding steady within Interior Health Authority
Deaths from suspected fatal illicit drug overdoses across the province were down 23 per cent…
Two more overdose deaths as Interior Health repeats drug use warning
Two more overdose deaths have been added to seven reported on Friday by the Interior…
A drug 100 times stronger than fentanyl is in Kelowna
KELOWNA – A synthetic opioid nearly 100 times more potent than fentanyl has shown up…