News Items tag as: Safe injection site

Vernon will soon have its first, permanent overdose prevention site
May 11, 2020 - 3:18 PM

Interior Health has announced Vernon will soon be getting an overdose prevention site and it will be located in city's downtown.
TRU survey asks for feedback on safe injection sites in Kamloops
November 01, 2018 - 1:47 PM

KAMLOOPS - Researchers from Thompson Rivers University have partnered with the city to conduct a survey on the mobile safe injection sites in Kamloops.
Kamloops council endorses supervised drug consumption sites
March 15, 2017 - 2:30 PM

KAMLOOPS - The two locations for a mobile supervised drug consumption service have been picked with the support of the city, the Interior Health Authority and harm reduction advocates.
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.
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.
Why all those discarded needles are signs of progress for HIV, Hep C in Southern Interior
October 28, 2016 - 8:00 PM

THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - Nearly 400 new Hepatitis C cases and as many as 15 HIV cases were recorded by Interior Health last year, and most were caused by injection drug use.
Interior Health Authority wants your thoughts on a safe consumption site in Kamloops and Kelowna
October 24, 2016 - 9:00 PM

KAMLOOPS - The Interior Health Authority wants the public’s thoughts on supervised consumption.
Health officials close to releasing proposed locations for safe injection sites in Kelowna, Kamloops
September 22, 2016 - 8:00 PM

OKANAGAN - Health officials are nailing down proposed locations for safe injection sites in Kelowna and Kamloops, and expect to release those plans to the public in the next few weeks.
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