Fentanyl BC

• ‘Top of the fentanyl trafficking pyramid in B.C.’: 3 men charged in $30M bust

  The estimated total street value of the seized cocaine, MDMA, methamphetamine and high-concentration fentanyl in the joint operation was approximately $30,000,000.

  Crime

  Feb 10, 2022
  
• Port Coquitlam mayor calls government reaction to opioid crisis ‘gutless,’ demands public inquiry

  Port Coquitlam Mayor Brad West is asking for a public inquiry into the opioid crisis and its ties to overseas organized crime groups.

  Politics

  Nov 28, 2018
  
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• BC Coroners Service releases expanded findings of overdose deaths

  The BC Coroners Service released a comprehensive report on drug overdose deaths between 2016 and 2017.

  Sep 27, 2018
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• Opioid deaths continue to drop in B.C., but more than 100 people died in June

  For the third month in a row, the number of illicit drug overdose deaths has gone down in B.C.

  Canada

  Aug 2, 2018
• 128 people in B.C. died from illicit drug use in November

  The BC Coroners Service says 128 people died from illicit drug use in November, bringing the total for the year to 755 people.

  Health

  Dec 19, 2016
• Experts sound alarm after 40% increase of fentanyl-laced street drugs tested in Canada

  New statistics show an increase of more than 40 per cent in the number of street drugs testing positive for fentanyl across the country this year compared to last, and experts are warning there has never been a more dangerous time to be a drug user in Canada.

  Canada

  Oct 20, 2016
• Ontario ‘slow to respond’ to growing opioid overdose crisis: experts

  An average of two people die from opioid overdoses in Ontario each day, but unlike other provinces across the country -- there is no real-time monitoring system in place to provide a comprehensive look at the issue.

  Canada

  Sep 23, 2016