If elected officials won’t heed experts, the outreach physician says, maybe they’ll listen to her 100,000 followers. – From The Tyee – read the source article here “What does someone who is unhoused and sleeping outside do all day?” Dr. Jill Wiwcharuk asks in an Instagram video, standing in front of […]
by Ashley Joannou, – read the Chek News source article here Events are planned across British Columbia today to mark 10 years since the province declared a public health emergency related to the overdose crisis that has since killed more than 18,000 people. A “moment of silence and minute of rage” […]
‘Desperately missed’: Rally remembers those lost in 10 years of toxic drug emergency – by Wolfgang Depend from Times Colonist. Read the source article here Paula Beardy said her grandson Sheldon Beardy was a good kid.He would have turned 28 on Monday. But his mother died last year, and after […]
March 27, 2026 — The Canadian Nurses Association (CNA) is deeply concerned by recent decisions made by the governments of Ontario and Alberta to end provincial funding for supervised consumption services (SCS). Canada is facing a toxic drug supply and unregulated drug poisoning crisis. Each preventable death is a tragedy, and […]
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 […]
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 […]
by Dustin Godfrey at Filter Magazine – read the source article here February 18, 2026 Even as British Columbia’s Ministry of Health was caving to right-wing panic over “diversion” of safe supply drugs, its public safety ministry internally acknowledged the negligible role of diverted opioids in the unregulated drug supply. In […]
The province’s drug decriminalization experiment lowered arrests and reduced harm—but it failed a different political test by Desmond Cole, From The Breach – read the source article here If the measure of success is whether life became safer and less punitive for people who use drugs, British Columbia’s decriminalization pilot was […]
What B.C. Actually Provides for People Living With Substance Use Disorders and why. by RON MERK – Read the source article at his Learning Moments Substack – FEB 02, 2026 Public conversations about substance use in British Columbia are often charged with emotion, misunderstanding, and frustration. One of the most […]
by Sidney Sauer, from Filter Mag – read the source article here Facing right-wing backlash, harm reduction initiativesaround Canada have steadily been rolled back. Safer opioid supply (SOS) programs—which provide pharmaceutical-grade opioids in lieu of unpredictable street supply—have been one major target, including through legislation restrictingpharmacies’ “high potency” opioid distribution and ending take-home programs. Despite waning political support, […]
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