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Overdose Deaths
McDONALD: No cure for the indifference helping to kill hundreds in B.C.
OPINION If you have never heard of Dr. Trevor Corneil, that’s OK, but I sleep…
McDONALD: Time to get serious about harm reduction during fentanyl crisis
OPINION Great news! The B.C. Coroner says only three people died of overdose in Kelowna…
Overdose deaths jump 30 per cent within Interior Health region
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – Overdose deaths from illicit drugs have jumped up 30 per cent over last…
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…
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…
Interior Health wants to talk to Kamloops council about safe drug consumption services ASAP
KAMLOOPS – The sooner Kamloops city council can see a doctor, the sooner the city…
Overdose deaths prompt province to declare public health emergency
INTERIOR HEALTH AUTHORITY HARD HIT THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – Responding to a continuing surge in drug overdose…
Mother of overdose victim is calling for a therapeutic music program in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS – Sherry Robinson says if her son Tyler could have accessed a therapeutic music…
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…
Overdose crisis putting pressure on Kelowna funeral homes
KELOWNA – Front-line social service workers and emergency room staff aren’t the only ones seeing…
Kamloops addiction centre wants to hear from more drug users
KAMLOOPS – A Kamloops addiction treatment centre is halfway to their goal of collecting 300…
Overdose death toll within Interior Health increasing
Illicit drug overdose deaths continue to increase at an unprecedented rate. In February there were…
RCMP warn overdoses on the rise in Merritt
Merritt RCMP are warning the public about an increase in calls to potential overdoses from…
Kamloops mayor pleads with drug users not to use alone as overdose death toll climbs in B.C.
It has been five years since a state of emergency was declared in B.C. to…
194 deaths in Interior Health in first 7 months this year as overdose crisis continues
In the first seven months of 2021 – to the end of July – 194…