Sixteen people in the East Kootenay have lost their lives to toxic drugs so far in 2023. For the 13th consecutive month, more than 190…
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Eight local lives lost to toxic drugs so far in 2023
Eight East Kootenay residents have lost their lives due to toxic drugs thus far in 2023. The Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General and…
Five EK lives lost to toxic drugs so far in 2023
More than seven years after the declaration of a public-health emergency, the toxic, unregulated drug supply continues to claim the lives of British Columbians in…
Toxic drugs continue to take lives
Preliminary reporting released by the BC Coroners Service Monday shows that the toxic, unregulated drug supply claimed the lives of at least 211 British Columbians…
Toxic drugs claimed 17 lives in region in 2022
Seventeen East Kootenay residents were lost to toxic drugs in 2022, among the 2,272 lives lost in the province, the BC Coroners Service reported today…
Toxic drugs claim lives of 192 British Columbians in July
The illicit drug supply in British Columbia continues to devastate communities throughout the province, with at least 192 lives lost to toxic substances in July,…
Tragic record set again by B.C.
At least 1,095 British Columbians, including seven in the East Kootenay, are believed to have been lost to the toxic drug supply between January and…
Almost 200 lost to illicit drugs in B.C. in May
Preliminary reporting released by the BC Coroners Service (BCCS) confirms that toxic illicit drugs claimed the lives of at least 195 British Columbians this past…
Toxic drugs continue to devastate communities
Illicit drugs continue to claim the lives of British Columbians in larger numbers than homicides, motor-vehicle incidents, drownings, deaths by suicide and fire-related deaths combined,…
At least three toxic drug deaths in region in January
At least 207 British Columbians were lost to toxic illicit drugs in January 2022, according to preliminary data released by the BC Coroners Service. Three…