News Items tag as: Kelowna safe consumption site

Supervised drug consumption sites in Kamloops and Kelowna to expand services
September 22, 2017 - 4:52 PM

More changes are coming to the supervised illegal drug consumption sites in Kamloops and Kelowna.
Mobile illicit drug consumption site the way to go in Kelowna
January 17, 2017 - 4:41 PM

KELOWNA – The director of a local addictions resource centre says Interior Health’s decision to apply for mobile supervised illicit drug consumption sites has been well-received by the people who will use them.
Interior Health pushing forward with mobile safe drug use units for Kamloops and Kelowna
January 13, 2017 - 4:10 PM

KELOWNA - The Interior Health Authority is going ahead with an application to the federal government for two mobile safe drug consumption sites for Kamloops and Kelowna.
Disappointed director says Rutland safe consumption site would have been 'great for the neighbourhood'
December 19, 2016 - 2:32 PM

KELOWNA – After scrambling to be ready on less than one weeks' notice, staff at Living Positive in Rutland are expressing their disappointment at a tenant in their building who is forcing them to find a new location for an overdose prevention site.
Resource centre given just one week to become Kelowna's first safe consumption site
December 13, 2016 - 1:00 PM

KELOWNA – Clare MacDonald and her staff don’t mind at all that they were given just one week to prepare to become Kelowna’s first overdose prevention site – the need is too great.
Overdose prevention sites coming to Kamloops and Kelowna in battle against opioid overdose crisis
December 13, 2016 - 10:08 AM

THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - Overdose prevention sites are coming to Kelowna and Kamloops by the end of the week to help combat the number of overdose deaths from opioids like fentanyl.
What a mobile safe drug consumption unit looks like to Interior Health
December 01, 2016 - 1:13 PM

KAMLOOPS - As part of the plan to deal with the drug overdose crisis, the Interior Health Authority wants to have mobile illicit drug consumption units on the streets of Kamloops and Kelowna as soon as possbile.
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News Items tag as: Kelowna safe consumption site

Supervised drug consumption sites in Kamloops and Kelowna to expand services

Mobile illicit drug consumption site the way to go in Kelowna

Interior Health pushing forward with mobile safe drug use units for Kamloops and Kelowna

Disappointed director says Rutland safe consumption site would have been 'great for the neighbourhood'

Resource centre given just one week to become Kelowna's first safe consumption site

Overdose prevention sites coming to Kamloops and Kelowna in battle against opioid overdose crisis

What a mobile safe drug consumption unit looks like to Interior Health

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