Vancouver Island and Oceanside Drug Deaths Summary, 2025
This is the updated data for Vancouver Island and Oceanside on the impact of the toxic drug poisoning crisis.
Month: March 2026
Film Screenings on the Mid-Island
On behalf of the VIU Harm Reduction Alliance, we invite you to join us in two upcoming events at Vancouver Island University on Tuesday, March 24th and Tuesday, April 14th, 2026. Tuesday, March 24th, 2026: Film Screening of “No Fixed Address: White Cart Memorial” at the Malaspina Theatre, VIU Nanaimo Campus. Doors open at 2:30pm, Q&A with the […]
April 14th – In Sadness and Rage
10 years, over 18,000 avoidable deaths. Join us Tuesday April 14th from 1:00 – 3:30 at the BC Legislature Grounds, in Victoria BC. Rally to Rage, Grieve and Remember. Taking the Mic will be Leslie McBain from Moms Stop The Harm, Lisa Lapointe, Former BC Chief Coroner, Ann Livingston from […]
‘Mass Death on This Scale Is Incomprehensible’
Overdose deaths are trending down, but BC is still in the thick of a crisis. Here’s what the data tells us. by Michelle Gamage and The Tyee – click for the source article, and to support Canadian journalism [Editor’s note: This article talks about overdose fatalities, including of youths, and […]
Toxic soup: Today’s illicit drug supply is ever-changing — and deadly
Ten years after a declaration of a state of emergency around the toxic drug crisis, it continues to kill more people every month than died in an entire year when heroin dominated the market. by Jody Paterson @ Times Colonist – read the source article here PreviousNext Katy Booth with medetomidine […]