Vancouver Overdose

• Police issue warning after 7 people overdose at Vancouver party

  Police believe the patients had been consuming MDMA and cocaine.

  Health

  Nov 28, 2020
  
• As overdose deaths slow, Vancouver pilot project looks ahead to treatment

  The initiative sees firefighters and health officials follow up with recent overdose patients and offer them access to services.

  Health

  Sep 6, 2019
  
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• City of Vancouver flies flag at half-mast to mark anniversary of overdose health emergency

  In the three years since B.C. declared a public health emergency, more than 3,600 people have died of overdoses.

  Health

  Apr 14, 2019
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• Overdose deaths in Vancouver stay steady in September, but officials say number is still too high

  The city says 26 people died of a suspected overdose last month, compared to 25 in August.

  Health

  Oct 5, 2018
• Fatal overdose call leads to discovery of suspected drug lab in East Vancouver

  First responders called to an overdose in East Vancouver on Saturday found a deceased man and signs of drug production.

  Crime

  Aug 26, 2018
• Overdose activist challenges Vancouver byelection candidates to visit injection site

  "It's very unbelievable and surreal. So they need to have a very good grasp of that in order to talk about it in council meetings. "

  Politics

  Aug 28, 2017
• Vancouver reports 18 overdose deaths in July

  That's down from 26 deaths in the city in June.

  Aug 11, 2017
• City of Vancouver approves new opioid crisis grants

  But some advocates worry the vote could fail.

  Health

  Jul 26, 2017
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• Inside St. Paul’s ER: The front line of B.C.’s overdose crisis

  Vancouver Coastal Health ERs handled more than 4,700 illicit or unknown drug overdoses this year. Seventy per cent of them go to St. Paul’s Hospital.

  Canada

  Nov 29, 2016