Fraser Valley/Vancouver (With files from BCHS) – It shouldn’t surprise anyone although over the past year, our attention has been COVID and not so much overdoses. There is also the stigma against addicts and overdoses which has pushed away the…
Agassiz – On Tuesday afternoon ( January 5, 2021) Agassiz RCMP responded to a report of a man in medical distress in the 8200-block of Charles Drive. Although assured at the door of everyone’s wellbeing, officers persisted entering the residence…
Victoria/Fraser Valley – The OD death numbers continue to pile up in record fashion. The BC Coroners Service reports 153 suspected drug toxicity deaths in November 2020, an 89% increase over November 2019 (81), and a 7% decrease over the…
Victoria/Fraser Valley – The BC Coroners Service has published updated reports on illicit drug toxicity deaths and fentanyl-detected drug deaths to October 31, 2020, with 162 illicit drug toxicity deaths reported in October. The latest data equate to five people per…
Abbotsford – The Abbotsford Police Department are warning the public of the increasing toxicity of drugs circulating through Abbotsford. On October 18, Fraser Health released an overdose alert for Surrey, although a number of fatal ODs’s occurred in Chilliwack at…
Fraser Valley – The BC Coroners Service has published updated reports on illicit drug toxicity deaths to the end of September 2020. Almost off of the Fraser Valley have exceeded 2019 numbers, Abbotsford is expected to follow suit in the…
Fraser Valley – In the last 24 hours there has been in increase in ER presentations of overdoses in Surrey. Reports to Fraser Health suggest that these overdoses have been connected to cocaine contaminated with an opioid like fentanyl. FVN has learned that the…
Chilliwack – “Calling of the Heart” is a short film about the overdose crisis in Chilliwack. The movie is presented by the Sto:lo Services Agency and Produced by Marc Greidanus, Filmed and Edited by Levi Allen with Additional Filming by…
Victoria/Fraser Valley – It is the broken record on repeat, another bad month for OD Deaths in BC. Chilliwack has already surpassed their 2019 numbers, Abbotsford is on track to do the same. The BC Coroners Service has published updated…
Victoria – COVID has been the main health focus in 2020, but overdose deaths from illegal drugs has claimed more lives. The order, issued under the Health Professions Act, from Dr Bonnie Henry PHO (Provincial Health Officer) authorizes registered nurses…