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BC Opioid Crisis News
BC Opioid Crisis News
Pilot project gives qathet youth tools to make informed choices
Initiative aims to provide better education for youth around substances they may be exposed to
Apr 20, 2024 6:45 AM
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Hand over going in right direction for qathet recovery centre
Miklat expansion will eventually include a women's facility
Mar 19, 2024 7:45 PM
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In Victoria, services for drug users not keeping pace, advocates say
The number of supervised consumption sites and services for people who use drugs in Victoria has grown, but it’s not keeping pace with need, advocates say.
Jun 4, 2023 9:00 AM
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Editorial: Please care, Squamish
Because if you care, you will ask questions of the media, each other, yourselves, our community leaders, law enforcement and governments.
May 30, 2023 6:19 PM
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Opinion: We cannot arrest our way out of the drug problem!
Current Richmond city councillor weighs in on the on-going drug poisoning crisis.
May 30, 2023 6:00 PM
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Opioid crisis: A heartbreak that happens every day
Sebastian Witt died of an overdose in May 2015. Not enough has changed since then, says his father
May 30, 2023 5:58 PM
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Five crushing years after her daughter’s death, Squamish mom still fighting for secure care
Brenda Doherty’s 15-year-old daughter Steffanie Georgina-Anne Lawrence died from a fentanyl overdose in 2018; current government supports voluntary care instead.
May 30, 2023 5:06 PM
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A rural island's access to health services in the opioid crisis
Though the geography comes with natural struggles, Bowen Island has been employing methods which have held the worst of the opioid crisis at bay
May 30, 2023 4:26 PM
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Opinion: It feels like my son was murdered
The toxic drug crisis has claimed thousands of lives in B.C. including the son of Richmond News’ assistant editor Maria Rantanen.
May 30, 2023 2:00 PM
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New West centre pushes back against tide of drug deaths
Facility’s services, including safe-consumption resources and drug testing, have helped save lives, city says
May 30, 2023 2:00 PM
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