Victoria/Fraser Valley – The BC Coroners Service has released two updated reports on illicit drug deaths and fentanyl-detected deaths to the end of March 2019. The townships experiencing the highest number of illicit drug overdoses in 2019 are Vancouver, Surrey,…
Vancouver/Fraser Valley – The BC Coroners Service has released updated data on deaths that occurred among homeless individuals in British Columbia to the end of December 2016. This report summarizes all deaths between 2007 and 2016 where the deceased met…
Fraser Valley/Vancouver — In the recent report from the BC Coroner on illicit drug overdose deaths, the numbers have remained consistent. 120 OD deaths in November 2018 maintains the 4 a day overage death toll in BC (The 3-4 a…
Abbotsford/Burnaby – The BC Coroners Service has scheduled a public inquest into the death of Gurwinder Singh Mann, beginning Feb. 19, 2019, at 9:30 a.m. at the Burnaby Coroners’ Court: 20th floor – 4720 Kingsway, Metrotower II, Metrotown, Burnaby. The…
Fraser Valley/Victoria – In the Fraser Valley alone in August of 2018, there have been 27 overdose deaths, most of which caused by the opioid crisis and two thirds of those people died alone. The majority of the deaths range…
Burnaby/Chilliwack – The BC Coroners Service has scheduled a public inquest into the death of Charlene Teresa Sakamoto. The inquest is scheduled to begin at 9:30 a.m. on Oct. 9, 2018, at the Burnaby Coroners’ Court (20th Floor – 4720…
Chilliwack Valley – Early Tuesday morning (July 24@ 1:15AM) Chilliwack RCMP was called to the 5100-block of East Paulsen Road after receiving the report of a structure fire. General duty officers supported by Chilliwack Fire Department arrived at the address…
Burnaby/Abbotsford – The BC Coroners Service has scheduled a public inquest into the death of Pierre Jean Dabe Lemaitre. The inquest will begin November 19 at the Burnaby Coroners’ Court (20th Floor – 4720 Kingsway, Metrotower II, Metrotown, Burnaby). Lemaitre was…
Calgary/Hope/Merritt/Kelowna/Boundary Bay/Nanaimo – A small plane with two people on board, went missing on Thursday, was found on Friday. There are no survivors and the BC Coroner has been brought in. There was cloud cover in the area at the…
Fraser Valley/Vancouver – There were 161 suspected illicit drug overdose deaths in British Columbia in March 2018, the second-highest monthly total to date, based on the latest data provided by the BC Coroners Service. This represents a 24% increase over…