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The province made headlines around the world throughout the year for a variety of reasons, including whacky wildlife, crime, disaster, and more.

A vast 'financial underworld' is operating in Canada whose members commit fraud and other financial crimes without punishment, the authors of a new book say.

At least three provinces have reported an increase in calls to poison control related to semaglutide and liraglutide drugs, diabetes medication also used for weight-loss.

Internal documents obtained through freedom-of-information legislation now show the municipality wanted very few people in the loop on when the decampment would begin.

Organizations like Moms Stop the Harm advocate for harm reduction strategies while the provincial government focuses on a treatment-first approach.

In 2022, the province had 337 confirmed overdose deaths according to the coroner’s office.

Jane is not the first current or former employee of Atira to raise serious health and safety concerns in the wake of a scathing audit that serious uncovered mismanagement issues.

Thursday marks International Overdose Awareness Day, a worldwide campaign to end overdoses, stigmas and remember those who have passed away.

The city froze all funding to Atira in May, in the wake of a damning audit that found a conflict of interest between its former CEO and her husband who headed BC Housing.

Unregulated drug toxicity is the leading cause of death in B.C. for people between 10 and 59. Six months into decriminalization, has any progress been made?

Montreal's public health department released its latest numbers, which showed that 175 people died of suspected drug overdoses in the last year.

According to Statistics Canada, there were more than 7,300 opioid-related deaths in the country last year alone — double what we saw just a few years ago.

Experts say the growth of homeless encampments in Ontario wasn't caused by the pandemic, but COVID did accelerate already existing trends.

Tony Bennett not only survived the rise of rock music, but endured so long and so well that he gained new fans and collaborators, some young enough to be his grandchildren.

Students from Oliver Elementary, Tuk El Nuit, and Sen’Pok’Chin were given the to leave an orange handprint on the canvas.

Internal government documents show Saskatchewan's chief medical health officer warned the health minister the province's health care system would face extreme strain.

The Carepoint Consumption and Treatment Services facility will provide people with a space to use drugs safely and seek services for recovery.

After a temporary safe injection site opened in 2018, an opening date has finally been set for Carepoint, the first permanent consumption and treatment site in London, Ont.

In the Interior, overdose and poisoning calls were up nine percent in 2022 to more than 5,900. Calls also rose in Kelowna to more than 1,800 last year.

From the decriminalization of small amounts of cocaine and heroin to the fearless feline who chased a black bear, here are 10 B.C. stories that made international news in 2022.