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B.C. to buy U.S. nasal naloxone as Vancouver company says it can make a cheaper option

B.C. is investing $18 million to buy tens of thousands of take-home nasal spray naloxone kits for distribution at 2,400 locations starting in April. Tracy Thompson, the South Island harm reduction coordinator for Island Health, said that more and more people are requesting the nasal version of the anti-opioid overdose drug as opposed to the

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Anti-gang unit makes arrests, seizes drugs and weapons in South Okanagan

A B.C. police unit has arrested multiple individuals for drug trafficking offences in the South Okanagan and Similkameen after being deployed to the region last week. The anti-gang team from the Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit of British Columbia (CFSEU-BC), along with the RCMP, also arrested a “wanted high-risk offender” in Osoyoos before recovering a

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B.C. health-care workers snooped 71 times after Lapu Lapu tragedy: Report

B.C.’s information and privacy commissioner has found 71 incidents of snooping by 36 health-care workers in B.C., following the Lapu Lapu Day tragedy in April 2025. Commissioner Michael Harvey said 16 people who were sent to medical facilities after the vehicle attack in Vancouver had their privacy breached. That’s half of the individuals sent to

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