Brandon Jansen
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‘Concern for us was the safety of our kids’: Penticton neighbours who bought million dollar home to block drug treatment centre speak outThe group of Penticton residents who banded together to purchase a million dollar home in an effort to block a drug treatment centre from opening are speaking out.Dec 14, 2017
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Grieving B.C. mom prevented from setting up treatment centre in memory of her son, Brandon Jansen"The neighbours had banded together and decided to buy the property from underneath me."Dec 14, 2017
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More B.C. schools could be equipped with life-saving naloxone after Jansen’s inquestProvincial health officer Dr. Perry Kendall says no one has overdosed in a school since officials started tracking the increase in opioid related deaths. Still, he says naloxone kits make sense for high-risk schools, or those where teachers know students are attending while high.Feb 6, 2017
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Brandon Jansen inquest brings 21 recommendations to reduce illicit drug deathsBrandon Jansen, 20, died in March while at a Powell River treatment centre, in one of the most high-profile cases of B.C.'s growing overdose crisis.Jan 26, 2017
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Coroner’s inquest begins into in-treatment death of Brandon JansenA Coroner's inquest begins on Monday into the death of a Coquitlam teenager, who died of a fentanyl overdose in a private substance abuse treatment facility last year.Jan 16, 2017
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‘I’m not going to be bought’: Mother of Brandon Jansen questions actions of treatment centre ahead of inquestThe mother of a young man who died of an overdose at a drug treatment centre is raising serious questions about the actions of that centre.Jan 4, 2017
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Treatment centre cleared of wrongdoing in Jansen fentanyl overdose death, mother not invited to hear reportThe mother of Brandon Jansen is "disgusted" by the actions of the Sunshine Coast Health Centre in Powell River, after she wasn't invited to hear the findings of a new report that clears the treatment centre of any wrongdoing in her son's overdose death.Nov 14, 2016
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B.C. mother questions investigation into her son’s deadly fentanyl overdoseThe mother of young Coquitlam, B.C., man who died in substance-abuse treatment centre says she doubts a third-party investigation into his death will hold anyone to account.NewsNov 13, 2016
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Christy Clark says her government needs to do more to combat opioid crisis in B.C.Premier Christy Clark talks about the opioid crisis in B.C. and addresses some of the critics who believe the government isn't doing enough to combat the problem.HealthOct 26, 2016
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