As the province approaches 10 years of the public health emergency regarding toxic drugs, nearly five British Columbians continue to lose their lives each day,…
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15 lives lost in the region to drugs in 2025
BC Coroners Service shares 2025 data into unregulated drug-toxicity deaths According to preliminary data, 1,826 people lost their lives in 2025 due to unregulated drug…
Skier killed in avalanche near Revelstoke
On February 19, Revelstoke RCMP was notified by the BC Coroners Service of a fatality resulting from an avalanche in a heli‑skiing area southeast of…
Why you should practise water safety
The BC Coroners Service, together with the Lifesaving Society and B.C. Emergency Health Services (BCEHS), is sharing helpful reminders and promoting water safety awareness. In…
Three skiers killed in Purcells avalanche
An avalanche in an alpine area on the east side of Kootenay Lake swept away a group of skiers Monday, trapping four men, killing three…
No toxic drug deaths reported in region in January
According to preliminary data, the deaths of 152 people due to unregulated drug toxicity were reported to British Columbia’s Coroners Service in January 2025. No…
Fatal avalanche in the backcountry near Golden
On February 17, at approximately 10 p.m., Golden RCMP was informed of two missing individuals who had been backcountry skiing. The pair was skiing in…
CFES calls rate still climbing but at reduced rate
Cranbrook Fire & Emergency Services (CFES) responded to 2,431 calls for service over the course of 2024, an increase of 5.9% from the total number…
21 local residents killed by toxic drugs in 2024
Twenty-one East Kootenay residents died from toxic drugs in 2024, the second highest annual total in 11 years. Twenty-six people died from toxic drugs in…
16 local lives lost to drug toxicity so far this year
Sixteen people in the East Kootenay have lost their lives to toxic drugs so far in 2024, including 11 deaths in Cranbrook, two in Kimberley…