Tag: BC Coroner’s Service

After a respite, Kootenay-Boundary drug deaths spike in June

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According to statistics out today from the BC Coroners Service, there were five deaths in the West Kootenay-Boundary in June and two deaths in the East Kootenay.

No drug-related deaths in Kootenay-Boundary in May

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According to stats from the BC Coroners Service, May was the third month in a row where there were no deaths in the East Kootenay and the first month since last October that no one died in the West Kootenay-Boundary.

Drugs claimed 2 more lives in West Kootenay-Boundary in April

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Two more people died in April in the West Kootenay-Boundary due to toxic drugs, according to the BC Coroners Service.

West Kootenay-Boundary has BC’s highest rate of drug-related deaths

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According to the BC Coroners Service, there were four deaths in our region that month, a rate of 4.6 per 100,000 population. That was the highest of any health subregion in BC.

Seven more lives lost to drugs in Kootenay-Boundary

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According to the BC Coroners Service, there were five deaths in the West Kootenay-Boundary and two in the East Kootenay.

Toxic drugs claimed 48 lives in Kootenay-Boundary in 2025

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Figures released Thursday showed 33 deaths in the West Kootenay-Boundary and 15 in the East Kootenay. Both numbers were down from the previous year.

No drug-related deaths in Kootenay-Boundary in October

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A BC Coroners Service round-up of statistics relating to unregulated drug deaths showed our area was the only part of the province where no one died that month.

12 died in Kootenays due to toxic drugs in July, August

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In the West Kootenay-Boundary, seven people died in July and one in August, for a total of 24 so far this year.

Two Trail men die suddenly in separate incidents

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The men, both in their 60s, died within a day of each other.

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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

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