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News Items tag as: Carfentanil
Interior Health issues overdose alert
March 29, 2019 - 10:17 AM
KELOWNA - Deadly doses of carfentanil have hit the Interior Health region hard this month so authorities are warning people not to use illicit drugs.
Public warned of possible presence of powerful opioid carfentanil in Vernon
March 16, 2018 - 2:12 PM
VERNON - Drug users are being warned about the possible presence of the potent opioid carfentanil in Vernon.
Overdose deaths up 50 per cent in Okanagan this year
June 27, 2017 - 10:58 AM
OKANAGAN - Interior Health is warning Okanagan drug users about the lethal effects of their habit after overdose deaths in the region spiked this year.
Illicit drug overdoses decrease in the Interior Health Authority for second month
March 17, 2017 - 11:20 AM
KAMLOOPS - New statistics from the B.C. Coroners Service show the number of people dying from illicit drug overdoses has decreased regionally and provincially two months in a row.
Naloxone training begins for staff at Kamloops schools
March 03, 2017 - 6:30 PM
KAMLOOPS - Staff officials with School District 73 have officially begun naloxone training.
Drug test confirms deadly opioid carfentanil in the Interior
March 02, 2017 - 10:22 AM
KELOWNA - An opioid 100 times more toxic than fentanyl now poses a threat in the Southern Interior.
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Kelowna winery says accountant took almost a half-million dollars
The owners of a Kelowna winery and golf course allege their former controller took nearly $450,000 in just 30 months on the job. The Turton Group, which owns The View winery as well as Orchard Greens golf course and a rental business, is su
Copenhagen’s hippie oasis wants to rebuild without its illegal hashish market
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The now-aging hippies who took over a derelict naval base in Copenhagen more than 50 years ago and turned it into a freewheeling community known as Christiania want to boot out criminals who control the community&
B.C. home sales slide almost 10 per cent in March despite mortgage rate drop
VANCOUVER - Home sales in British Columbia fell by almost 10 per cent in March compared with the same period last year, in a slowdown an analyst says could be buyers waiting for lower interest rates. The B.C. Real Estate Association says th
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North Okanagan murder suspect tried to return to family home after release: daughter
Family of North Okanagan woman Tatjana Stefanski, who was found dead yesterday and presumed murdered, say they are d
April 16, 2024 1:34 PM
CP NewsAlert: $535B budget projects $39.8B deficit, aims to restore economic fairness
OTTAWA - The 2024 federal budget, with $535 billion in spending and a $39.8-billion deficit, aims to ease Canada's hous
April 16, 2024 1:02 PM
The Latest | 3 jurors seated in Trump’s hush money trial, 15 others still need to be selected
NEW YORK (AP) — Following a protracted questionnaire phase and hours of questioning on Tuesday, three jurors had been s
April 16, 2024 12:38 PM
More than 60 treatment and recovery beds open in southern Interior
The BC government has expanded its addiction treatment and recovery services in the Okanagan with 61 new beds.
April 16, 2024 12:23 PM
The Latest | UN chief calls for `urgent de-escalation' in the Middle East
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is calling for “urgent de-escalation” of hostilities in the Middle East. U.N.
April 16, 2024 12:19 PM
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