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 Terry Ferrell – read the source editorial in the Cowichan Valley Citizen Rumours have persisted for years that unhoused people are being bused to the Comox Valley, en masse. The same unsubstantiated rumours have been circulating for just as long in virtually every community in B.C. It’s time to […]
‘It’s atrocious out here:’ advocates continue pushing for permanent Oceanside winter shelter By Jordan Davidson – Nanaimo News Now – read the source article here Jan 9, 2026 Another winter without a full-time shelter for the unhoused in Oceanside is well underway. Oceanside Homelessness Task Force chair Shayla Day and other […]
Shelter will run 24/7 from Nov. 16 to March 31 – From Ladysmith Chronicle – read the source article here Funding is in place that will see a temporary winter shelter set up at the site of the former Ramada Inn, located at 140 Trans-Canada Hwy. The Cowichan Valley Regional […]
The federal government has promised more than $4.3 million to help support six groups that are trying to tackle the drug crisis on Vancouver Island. by Adam Chan, Chek News – Read the source article The lionshare of that total, at just more than $2 million, is going towards SOLID […]
Former drug user says the service has been needed for a long time Island Health has opened a new, supervised drug inhalation site in the Comox Valley, on mid-Vancouver Island — a service that the health authority and advocates say was badly needed in the community. The small, non-descript building […]
Youth engaging in ‘risky behaviours’ at higher than B.C. average by Kevin Forsyth @ Vancouver Island Daily – Read the Source Article Youth in the Parksville Qualicum Beach region exceed provincial averages in substance use, with nearly one-third reporting they used substances because they felt down, sad or stressed, according […]
Concerns about winter shelters include public drug use, theft and loitering by Maryse Zeidler · CBC News · Read the source article here – As far as home tours go, a look around April Lushaw’s residence doesn’t take long. Lushaw lives in Sidney, B.C., a quiet seaside community of about […]
A local doctor says the province’s new safer supply rules are more about politics than public health. By Mick Sweetman at the Discourse – Read the source article here Lenae Silva makes a trip to the pharmacy every day where she gets a slow-release fentanyl patch that covers half her […]
Courtenay’s Taija McLuckie’s journey through harm reduction to recovery – by Marc Kitteringham, Black Press – read the source article here The Eggs Benedict at Rhodos Cafe in Courtenay makes Taija McLuckie happy. So does skateboarding, her kids, her friends and the people she loves. She also admits to being […]
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