Tag: BC Coroner’s Service

BC sees 13 per cent year-over-year decline in overdose deaths; Kootenay Boundary tallies 35 deaths in 2024

Addictions My Kootenay Now Staff - February 4, 2025

The Kootenay Boundary tallies 35 illicit drug fatalities in 2024, down from the previous year’s 41 deaths. Nelson and Trail...

ANKORS says harm reduction plays vital role in fighting toxic drug crisis

Health Care R McCormack - December 16, 2024

The BC Coroners Service says the province reported nine per cent fewer toxic drug deaths in the first 10...

Two Kootenay residents killed by drug poisoning in October

Health Care R McCormack - December 10, 2024

According to the latest report from the BC Coroners Service, two residents from the Kootenays were killed by toxic...

Over 40 Kootenay residents killed by toxic drugs in first nine months of 2024

Health Care My Kootenay Now Staff - October 24, 2024

The latest statistics from the BC Coroners Service (BCCS) show toxic drugs as the cause of 44 deaths in...

Kootenay records 23 deaths by drug poisoning in first six months of 2024

Provincial My Kootenay Now Staff - July 30, 2024

The Kootenays have recorded 23 deaths from toxic drugs in the first six months of 2024. 14 deaths were reported...

24 youth toxic drug deaths recorded in BC Interior since 2019

Provincial My Kootenay Now Staff - May 29, 2024

A new report from the BC Coroner’s Service (BCCS) states Interior accounted for 19 percent of toxic drug deaths...

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Lt. Robert Hampton Gray remembered in Trail

Community August 8, 2025

The last Canadian recipient of the Victoria Cross was honored in the city of his birth Friday, a day before the 80th anniversary of his death during the Second World War.

Parks visitors can snap photos to help researchers track glacier changes

Provincial August 8, 2025

In addition to snapping a selfie during a visit to a national or provincial park, visitors are being encouraged to take an “Icy.”

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