BC Coroners

• School officials tried to address Victoria teen’s drug use, drug dealing, inquest hears

  Eurchuk died of an overdose in April 2018. Fentanyl, heroin, cocaine and methamphetamine were later found in his body.

  Canada

  Jun 25, 2019
  
• B.C. overdoses claimed 3 lives a day in January, but that’s down 30% year over year

  The B.C. Coroners Service says 90 people died of suspected overdoses in January this year, down from 130 in January 2018.

  Health

  Mar 19, 2019
  
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• City of Vancouver’s 2017 drug overdose numbers already surpass 2016 total; estimate 400 deaths by year end

  New statistics show the City has so far recorded 232 suspected overdose deaths for 2017.

  Aug 21, 2017
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• First confirmed instance of carfentanil in Victoria

  Health Canada believes the drug to be 100 times more toxic than fentanyl and 10,000 times more potent then morphine.

  Aug 10, 2017
• Multiple police forces seize cash, guns and $300K worth of fentanyl in Lower Mainland drug bust

  A months-long investigation into suspected drug dealing and criminal activity in New Westminster has resulted in the seizure of $300,000 worth of fentanyl by police.

  Crime

  Apr 24, 2017
• 102 overdose deaths in February; no deaths recorded at supervised injection sites

  The BC Coroners Service says there were 102 suspected drug overdose deaths in February, an equivalent of about 3.6 deaths per day.

  Mar 17, 2017
• Dangerous drug Carfentanil linked to Vancouver man’s death: BC Coroner

  For the first time in B.C., police have confirmed that carfentanil has been linked to an overdose death of a Vancouver man earlier this month.

  Nov 29, 2016
• Accidental overdose exposure prompts Vancouver Police to carry naloxone

  In an effort to reduce the number of accidental opioid overdoses, Vancouver police officers and support staff will soon be armed with nasal Naloxone.

  Sep 9, 2016
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• Fatal fall claims woman’s life at Sooke Potholes on Vancouver Island

  The BC Coroners Service is investigating a fatal fall at a popular park west of Victoria.

  News

  Aug 15, 2016
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• Alex Gervais deliberately jumped from Abbotsford hotel: coroner

  A coroner's report confirms a teenager whose death cast scrutiny on the province's practice of placing at-risk foster children in hotels deliberately jumped from a hotel window.

  May 10, 2016