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Overdose Crisis
Some slight hope in overdose epidemic as monthly death numbers drop in Interior Health
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – You know it's bleak when the best you can say about the the…
Kamloops firefighters respond to hundreds of overdose calls this year
KAMLOOPS – There’s more to the job of a firefighter than running into a burning…
New overdose prevention app available in Interior Health region
The Provincial Health Services Authority has launched a new app aimed at preventing those who…
New overdose prevention app set to expand following successful launch
An overdose response app launched this summer has already had more than 5,000 uses and…
2020 shaping up to be deadliest year of overdose crisis in Kelowna, Kamloops
Drug overdose deaths in Kelowna, Kamloops and a number of other B.C. cities have already…
Overdose Awareness Day: Royal Inland Hospital lighting pedestrian walkway; Kelowna to debut Photo Voice Project
Overdose awareness day has taken on new urgency, given the recent spike of drug-related deaths.…
Kamloops and Kelowna overdose death toll surpasses 2019 by August
Both Kamloops and Kelowna have now seen more people die of illegal drug overdoses 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 and Kelowna overdose death tolls continue surge
Both Kamloops and Kelowna continued to see a high number of fatal drug overdoses in…
162 people died of illicit drug overdoses in B.C. in October
Deaths from drug overdoses continue to take a huge toll in B.C. as 162 deaths…
Interior Health issues alert for contaminated drug supply in Kamloops
Interior Health is warning Kamloops illicit drug users about a toxic supply of heroin that…
Kamloops council to urge feds to adopt national overdose plan
A Kamloops city councillor says she feels “powerless” to address the opioid crisis currently ravaging…
‘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, Kamloops see record breaking number of illicit drug overdose deaths
Illicit drug overdose deaths across B.C. continued an upward trajectory last month putting 2020 on…
Another drug alert issued in Kamloops by Interior Health
Interior Health issued a drug alert in Kamloops today after a pink and reddish brown…