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Day: March 10, 2025

Island Health sees a fourfold increase in deaths of unhoused people in three years

March 10, 2025 oceansidecat 0

The Island total is one-quarter of the 458 such deaths reported across B.C. last year At least 114 people experiencing homelessness died in 2023 in the Island Health region, more than four times as many as in 2020, according to data from the B.C. Coroners Service.  That year, 26 such […]

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