Victoria – It has been five years since the Province and the BC Coroner have been issuing monthly numbers on the “official fentanyl overdose crisis”. Many in recovery circles say this is a mute point and the crisis has always…
Victoria/Fraser Valley – Figures released by the British Columbia Coroners Service identify 155 suspected illicit drug toxicity deaths in February, the 11th consecutive month in which the province has recorded more than 100 lives lost. The total number of deaths…
Chilliwack – Fraser Health has issued a new overdose alert for addicts. This is a Fentanyl Contamination with Benzos. The increase in overdoses has promoted this warning. In the last 24 hours (Friday to Saturday) there has been an increase…
Following a record-setting year in 2020, the BC Coroners Service reports 165 suspected illicit drug toxicity deaths in January 2021, the largest ever number of lives lost due to illicit drugs in the first month of a calendar year. “These…
Victoria – As the five-year anniversary of the province’s illicit drug toxicity public health emergency approaches, the BC Coroners Service reports 2020 was B.C.’s worst year yet in terms of number of lives lost due to the effects of toxic…
Chilliwack/Fraser Health – While it was a new overdose alert issued late Friday, insiders saw this coming for a few days. Fraser Health has issued an overdose alert for Chilliwack. Addicts , street people and sex workers are asked to…
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…