With the impending heat wave set to send temperatures close to 40°C, cooling centres are opening in Oliver and Osoyoos with particular concern for the elderly, those with pre-existing medical conditions and the estimated 235 people living out of doors locally.
Our forefathers must be rolling over in their graves seeing the legalization of marijuana, illicit drugs and alcohol consumption on public beaches.
The BC Coroners Service reported that 392 people died from toxic drugs in November and December in BC, bringing 2022’s death toll to 2,272, the second largest number of drug deaths ever reported in a calendar year.
British Columbia lost more people to toxic drugs in 2021 than any other year.
Amid the ongoing overdose crisis in B.C., the province has applied to the federal government in...
Dale Boyd Local Journalism Initiative Reporter A BC Coroners Service report shows 2020 was the...
