BC Opioid Crisis News

As Whistler sets up its first-ever drug-checking site, local support workers want to open up the conversation around drug use and addiction

‘When you start feeling accepted as you are, I don't think it can be overstated the impact that can have on someone's psychology,’ says the co-ordinator with the Sea to Sky Community Action Team.

From the future of the overdose prevention site, to safer supply, to shíshálh Nation’s response – here’s just some of how the Coast is coping with the crisis.

Every siren signals another possible overdose in Coquitlam as local firefighters, moms, health-care workers and advocates respond to B.C.'s toxic drug crisis.

'It’s not a matter of willpower; it’s a matter of life and death.'

Here are the services — and gaps in service — for people who need immediate help for substance use and opioid addiction in Squamish.

The costs of B.C. and North America’s toxic drug overdose crisis continue to climb as stakeholders seek solutions to an international problem

The Northern Health region had the highest rate of overdose deaths per capita in 2022.