Tag: BC Coroner’s Service

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

Addictions My East Kootenay Now Staff -
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

Addictions My East Kootenay Now Staff -
For the first time in recent memory, a month went by when no one in the Kootenay-Boundary died from toxic drugs.

No drug-related deaths in East Kootenay in April

Addictions My East Kootenay Now Staff -
For the second straight month, no one died due to toxic drugs in the East Kootenay in April.

No drug-related deaths in East Kootenay in March

Health My East Kootenay Now Staff -
According to the BC Coroners Service, it was the third time since last October that the region has gone an entire month without a drug-related death.

Seven more lives lost to drugs in Kootenay-Boundary

Addictions My East Kootenay Now Staff -
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

Addictions My East Kootenay Now Staff -
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

Addictions My East Kootenay Now Staff -
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.

Investigating underway after death at Elkview Coal Mine

RCMP Josiah Spyker -
The Elk Valley RCMP and BC Coroner Service are investigating the death of a 39-year-old Hosmer resident at the Elk View Operations in Sparwood.

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

Health My East Kootenay Now Staff -
In the East Kootenay, one person died in July and three in August, for a year-to-date total of 12.

BC sees 13 per cent year-over-year decline in overdose deaths; East Kootenay tallies 21 deaths in 2024

Addictions Kate Brown -
East Kootenay tallied 21 illicit drug fatalities in 2024, down from the previous year’s 26 deaths. Cranbrook saw the highest...

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

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

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

Addictions R McCormack -
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

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

BC’s Interior records highest number of drowning death in the province over 12 years

Emergency Kate Brown -
BC’s Interior Region has accounted for 30 per cent of the province’s total accidental drowning deaths in the last...

24 youth toxic drug deaths recorded in BC Interior since 2019

Provincial My East Kootenay Now Staff -
A new report from the BC Coroner’s Service (BCCS) states Interior accounted for 19 percent of toxic drug deaths...

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