B.C. Overdose

• Drug crisis ‘unabated’ for First Nations in B.C., doctor says

  Indigenous people, especially women, are dying from toxic drugs at disproportionately high rates in British Columbia as the overdose crisis continues "unabated."

  Health

  Jan 31, 2023
  
• Advocates warn of alarming rise in toxic drug deaths among B.C. international students

  The president of a Surrey gurdwara says he knows of four deaths this month alone, and that his temple has spent $200,000 returning victims' bodies to India in the last two years.

  Health

  Jan 17, 2023
  
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• Advocacy group hangs purple ribbons in Kelowna to mark Overdose Awareness Day

  "We just want people to stop and think."

  Aug 24, 2020
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• B.C.’s top doctor urges compassion in emotional response to record-breaking overdose deaths

  "We must all show the compassion we have shown in addressing the COVID crisis," said Dr. Bonnie Henry as she responded to news 170 people had died of overdoses in May.

  Jun 11, 2020
• International Drug Overdose Awareness Day points to harm reduction initiatives in Kelowna

  Drug overdose numbers in B.C. remain staggering.

  Canada

  Aug 31, 2018