Firefighters plea for help amid fentanyl crisis
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Firefighters plea for help amid fentanyl crisis
Description
December 6, 2016
Tue, Dec 6: Firefighters working in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside say their calls have doubled in the last year and they can't keep up with the fentanyl crisis. Last month, they responded to more than 1250 incidents. Dustin Bourdeaudhuy, the vice-president of Vancouver Fire Fighters' union local 18, spoke about their plea for help.
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Firefighters plea for help amid fentanyl crisis04:40 | December 6, 2016
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Cleanup underway after large diesel spill near Zeballos, B.C.00:25 | December 16, 2024
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Two in critical condition after multi-vehicle crash on Highway 99 in Surrey00:35 | December 12, 2024
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Search continues for missing 68-year-old skier at Sun Peaks01:05 | December 12, 2024
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B.C.’s toxic drug supply claimed the lives of 155 people in October00:37 | December 9, 2024
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Former Chilliwack MLA Dan Coulter suffers ‘medical emergency’00:43 | December 6, 2024
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Focus BC: Impact of Trumps tariff threat, Conservative House leader Á’a:líya Warbus23:12 | November 29, 2024
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Grain workers go on strike at Metro Vancouver terminals01:52 | September 24, 2024
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Focus BC: Provincial election campaign kicks off at UBCM23:04 | September 20, 2024
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Firefighters plea for help amid fentanyl crisis04:40 | December 6, 2016
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Langley woman’s disappearance now considered suspicious00:30 | December 19, 2024
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Cleanup underway after large diesel spill near Zeballos, B.C.00:25 | December 16, 2024
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Two in critical condition after multi-vehicle crash on Highway 99 in Surrey00:35 | December 12, 2024
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Firefighters plea for help amid fentanyl crisis
Description
December 6, 2016
Tue, Dec 6: Firefighters working in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside say their calls have doubled in the last year and they can't keep up with the fentanyl crisis. Last month, they responded to more than 1250 incidents. Dustin Bourdeaudhuy, the vice-president of Vancouver Fire Fighters' union local 18, spoke about their plea for help.
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