Fatal Overdose

• B.C. mom fights and wins to have teen daughter’s overdose death ruled homicide

  Samantha Krysia Sims-Somerville died on April 10, 2021, in Royal Jubilee Hospital in Victoria after a gathering with friends. Her mother refused to believe it was an accident.

  Crime

  Nov 1
  
• 3 people charged with 1st-degree murder in B.C. woman’s overdose death

  Three people have been charged in connection with the suspicious death of a woman. Wendy Head was found dead from a fatal overdose at a home in Nanaimo on March 7, 2023.

  Crime

  Oct 22
  
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• Group overdose at Vancouver Island beach leaves 2 dead, 2 critical

  Two women are dead and two men are in critical condition after what police say was a suspected group drug overdose at a Vancouver Island beach parking area.

  Health

  Aug 30
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• ‘I just want to save lives’: Father on a mission after son’s fatal overdose

  Christian Boivin lost his 15-year-old son to a fatal overdose and is hoping to help others. He's hoping other teens will see Mathis, hear his story, and recognize themselves.

  Canada

  Jan 10
• Nanaimo woman’s overdose death now considered a homicide: RCMP

  Wendy Head, 52, died of an overdose on March 7, 2023, in what police now believe was a homicide.

  Crime

  Oct 18, 2023
• York police issue opioid warning after multiple overdoses

  York Regional Police have issued a public warning following five overdose calls, one of which was fatal, all in a single day in Newmarket, Ont.

  Crime

  Sep 30, 2023
• Family rejects ‘insincere’ apology at sentencing for death of B.C. teen Carson Crimeni

  Outside the courthouse Friday, the teen's mother said there was no excuse for what happened to her son, while his father said the apology came with 'convenient timing.'

  Crime

  Sep 15, 2023
• ‘Nothing can fix the loss’: Manslaughter sentencing begins in Carson Crimeni’s death

  Carson Crimeni, 14, died on Aug. 7, 2019, near a Langley skate park, and was filmed overdosing as other youth watched his condition worsen and laughed.

  Crime

  Sep 14, 2023
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• Alleged drug dealer charged following overdose death of woman in Calgary

  A 31-year-old man faces drug trafficking charges following a police investigation spurred by the family of a woman who died from an overdose in April.

  Crime

  Jul 20, 2023
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• Deadly April inflames drug debate. Does B.C. need more safe supply, or less?

  The latest numbers on the B.C. overdose crisis show at least 814 drug deaths in the first four months of the year, with fentanyl detected in about eight in 10 fatalities. 

  Health

  May 18, 2023