News Items tag as: drugs

Overdose deaths have tripled in Kamloops, continue to rise in Kelowna
October 22, 2016 - 11:31 AM

THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - Newly released numbers from the B.C. Coroners Service shows drug overdose deaths are becoming more common in the Thompson-Okanagan.
Intoxicated Vernon teen caught with drugs, revolver and bullets
December 29, 2014 - 12:02 PM

VERNON - A Vernon teenager spent Christmas with RCMP after getting caught with a 375 Magnum revolver and various drugs.
Self harm among Okanagan youth higher than rest of province
December 05, 2014 - 10:42 AM

OKANAGAN – The results of a province-wide survey on the health of B.C. adolescents shows that young people in the Okanagan are more likely to participate in activities that risk their health than teens in the rest of the province.
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ANDERSON: Trudeau vs. Trudeau, a fading of promise
OPINION PART ONE At a recent Silga Conference in Penticton in April, I had the honour of listening to the keynote speaker, Joe Roberts , recount his transition from an addict on Vancouver's skid row to the

Overdose deaths have tripled in Kamloops, continue to rise in Kelowna