10-member committee includes NDP, Liberal and Green MLAs
When someone overdoses at VANDU, pups Guess and Joy are quick to alert the nearest human
Paramedics were providing care to an unconscious person at the homeless shelter
That makes February the 17th consecutive month in which more than 150 lives were lost in B.C.
CIVL 101.7 and Mission Overdose Community Action Team released 1st episode on March 25
“It has been very hard on communities,” said Joyce Cooper of the Tsilhqot’in Women’s Council
Tanis Oldenburger of Chilliwack Overdose Prevention Society called numbers ‘atrocious, preventable’
Aaron Manson, 26, died after overdosing in his room in Kamloops
Funding will expand Tailgate Toolkit program, which has already been operating on Vancouver Island
Abbotsford among cities with highest increases in calls for overdoses, say BC paramedics
Calls have nearly tripled since 2015, BCEHS says
Death toll in B.C. for 2021 has reached 1,782
Coroners service said that the death rate from illicit drug overdoses has risen to 39.4 per 100,000 residents
July has brought the death toll for the year to 1,204 deaths
Group says government has to take action and involve drug users in finding solutions
Naloxone training, resources, community walks and more offered to the public
There were 159 illicit drug deaths in June