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Opioid crisis

Addictions, Housing, Overdose crisis, Mental health, Homelessness

Province appoints new Downtown Eastside adviser

Nora O'Malley
Addictions, Overdose crisis

‘Your body really aches’: Detox remains a struggle with lack of facility in Alberni

Eric Plummer
Addictions, Overdose crisis

Drug testing now offered from harm reduction van

Eric Plummer
Volunteer offers bagged lunch at DTES alley
Addictions, Housing, Overdose crisis, Mental health, Health, Island Families, Homelessness, Culture, BC First Nations

Saving lives on the Downtown Eastside with Indigenous teachings

Nora O'Malley
Overdose crisis

Standards announced for overdose prevention sites to ensure safety and need to ‘act as good neighbours’

Eric Plummer
Overdose crisis

Drugs deaths decline by 25 per cent, but Port Alberni continues to be a ‘hotbed’ for overdoses

Denise Titian
Addictions, Overdose crisis

Stronger than Fentanyl: Drug supply becomes more toxic with Nitazine, warns health authority

Denise Titian
Addictions, Overdose crisis, Mental health, Health, Culture

Charleson family dries tears and celebrates lives of two young adults

Denise Titian
Addictions, Sports, General

‘A recovery life in memory of my brother’: Community rallies around memory of those lost to drug use

Eric Plummer
Overdose crisis

Drug fatality rate drops 13 per cent last year

Eric Plummer
Addictions, Overdose crisis

Province announces 26 new treatment beds, including six in Nanaimo

Eric Plummer
Overdose crisis, Homelessness

‘They’re out of place’: Nine fatal overdoses in 11 days among unhoused after Pandora Ave. cleared out

Alexandra Mehl and Eric Plummer

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