Close X
Thursday, December 5, 2024
ADVT 
National

Vancouver Overdose Deaths Reach 25 In June, While Crews Attended 579 OD Calls

The Canadian Press, 14 Jul, 2017 01:19 PM
    VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Police Department reports 25 people died of suspected overdoses last month and first responders were called to 579 overdose calls in the city in June.
     
     
    The City of Vancouver released statistics that say the fire and rescue calls to respond to an overdose last month increased by 91 per cent from June last year.
     
     
    The city says in a news release that June's figures are lower than the 667 overdose calls the fire department attended in May this year.
     
     
     
    It says an effort by Vancouver Coastal Health to have illicit drug users alert others about contaminated drugs is a good first step to address the illicit drug supply that is killing so many British Columbians.
     
     
    The city says it is on track to see more than 400 deaths this year.
     
     
    More than 1,000 people died of overdoses in the province last year and the coroner says the powerful opioid fentanyl was involved in many of those deaths.

    MORE National ARTICLES

    Vancouver Developer Fined, Banned From Trading After Investor Loses $1 Million

    Vancouver Developer Fined, Banned From Trading After Investor Loses $1 Million
    VANCOUVER — The B.C. Securities Commission has ordered a real estate developer to pay a fine of $125,000 after a hearing concluded he defrauded a client for part of a $1-million investment in a project that failed.

    Vancouver Developer Fined, Banned From Trading After Investor Loses $1 Million

    Ottawa Doctor Facing Multiple Sex Charges; Allegedly Assaulted 3 Female Patients

    Ottawa Doctor Facing Multiple Sex Charges; Allegedly Assaulted 3 Female Patients
    OTTAWA — An Ottawa doctor is facing charges after allegedly sexually assaulting three female patients.

    Ottawa Doctor Facing Multiple Sex Charges; Allegedly Assaulted 3 Female Patients

    Bankruptcy Forces Organizers Of Pemberton Music Festival To Cancel Event

    Bankruptcy Forces Organizers Of Pemberton Music Festival To Cancel Event
    VANCOUVER — The Pemberton Music Festival in British Columbia has filed for bankruptcy and this year's event has been cancelled.

    Bankruptcy Forces Organizers Of Pemberton Music Festival To Cancel Event

    Three Chilliwack, B.C. Dairy Workers Who Pleaded Guilty To Animal Cruelty Get Jail Time

    Three Chilliwack, B.C. Dairy Workers Who Pleaded Guilty To Animal Cruelty Get Jail Time
    CHILLIWACK, B.C. — British Columbia's provincial court says three dairy farm workers from the Fraser Valley have been sentenced to jail for causing distress to an animal after an undercover video showed several employees abusing milk cows.

    Three Chilliwack, B.C. Dairy Workers Who Pleaded Guilty To Animal Cruelty Get Jail Time

    Agreement Allows Police In Vancouver Pride Parade, But Changes Will Be Made

    Agreement Allows Police In Vancouver Pride Parade, But Changes Will Be Made
    VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Police Department says its members will walk in the city's Pride parade this year.

    Agreement Allows Police In Vancouver Pride Parade, But Changes Will Be Made

    Abhayjeet Sachal: An altruist at heart

    Abhayjeet Sachal: An altruist at heart
    The young achiever has also been a passionate environmentalist. This prompted him to try his luck at the Students on Ice Arctic Expedition in 2016. He received a $12,000 scholarship from the United States embassy to take part in the expedition.

    Abhayjeet Sachal: An altruist at heart