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Why do BC patients pay to access free opioid agonist treatment?
March 16, 2025 - 7:00 PM
ADHD cases skyrocketing across BC — and it's not just the kids anymore
December 16, 2024 - 7:00 AM

Leanne Gallant was suspicious when she found herself repeatedly relating to the children she worked with when they described their ADHD. She knew what it was, read about it and knew people from school who took Ritalin when she was young, so the disorder wasn't novel.
Years after Insite ruling, drug policy landscape is still being shaped in BC
July 18, 2024 - 9:00 PM

In 2021, the Vancouver-based Drug User Liberation Front approached Health Canada with a proposal.
Vernon doctor guilty of sexual assault opts to go to jail early
June 06, 2024 - 2:45 PM

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Broadcaster and commentator Rex Murphy dead at 77
May 10, 2024 - 10:00 AM

Rex Murphy, the pro-oil pundit who was at once the steady stickhandler of a national call-in radio show and a driver of divisive online discourse, has died, according to a National Post report.
London Drugs rebuilding data infrastructure after cybersecurity breach
May 02, 2024 - 3:40 PM

VANCOUVER - Retailer London Drugs says it's rebuilding its data infrastructure with the help of leading third-party experts to bring its operations safely back online after a cybersecurity incident that has shut down stores for five days.
Studies on BC safer supply emerge, finding different answers to different questions
April 11, 2024 - 7:00 PM

VANCOUVER - Peer-reviewed research is emerging about the possible impacts of British Columbia's safer supply program, which provides prescription alternatives to toxic illicit drugs, with two studies in international medical journals casting the strategy in a different light.
Outlaw BC compassion club argues it merited Health Canada's support
March 16, 2024 - 4:30 PM
No widespread diversion of BC safe-supply drugs, says Farnworth after RCMP briefing
March 11, 2024 - 3:30 PM

British Columbia's solicitor general says there's no evidence of widespread diversion of safe-supply opioids, after a recent drug seizure was cited by Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and Opposition Leader Pierre Poilievre to criticize the provincial program.
Eby downplays Danielle Smith's concerns about diversion of B.C. safe-supply drugs
March 09, 2024 - 9:00 PM

VANCOUVER - British Columbia Premier David Eby is downplaying concerns raised by his Alberta counterpart Danielle Smith about the diversion of safe supply opioids from B.C.
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iN RESPONSE: Readers have their say
Following are a collection of reader responses to stories or letters to the editor for the third week of March 2024. They have been edited slightly for readability. Got something you want to add? Send an email to editor Marshall Jones

Exclusive Mission Hill winery concert series offers $10K balcony experience
The lineup for Mission Hill Family Estate's 18th Summer Concert Series has been announced, be prepared to spend hundreds of dollars if you want to see one of the shows. The concert series includes Blue Rodeo on July 7, multiple award-wi

Marijuana gummies send 11 New York middle-schoolers to hospitals
MORICHES, New York (AP) — Police and a middle school in suburban New York are looking into how a student got hold of marijuana gummies and gave them to about a dozen schoolmates, sending 11 of them to hospitals. The episode happened M

West Kelowna, Kamloops fall behind BC government's 'unrealistic' housing targets
Both West Kelowna and Kamloops are failing to meet the province's housing targets, and politicians at the Okanagan city are frustrated. West Kelowna built 64 net new housing units over the past six months, and the BC government expects

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