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B.C. judge rules on trial-delay application for Hells Angels convicted in...
A bid by two members of the Hells Angels and two of their associates to set aside their convictions in a major cocaine conspiracy owing to trial delay was dismissed by a judge Wednesday. In September,...
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'It's hard to look at her kids,' sister says of Vancouver fentanyl victim
Mary Purdy baked homemade cupcakes, played the piano and lived for her two young boys. Friends describe her as a leader in the Downtown Eastside, where she’s known by many as “Auntie Mary,” while her...
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Two people charged following street level drug crackdown in Surrey
Three people have been arrested and two charged in connection with last month’s seizure in Surrey of thousands of dosages of street-level drugs, including fentanyl, and about $16,000 in cash. In...
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More than $1 million in cash seized in Vancouver Island drug bust
Sidney/North Saanich RCMP say a large quantity of drugs has been seized as well as more than $1 million in cash after an investigation into a drug-trafficking ring on the Saanich Peninsula. The RCMP...
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Fentanyl trafficking presents new challenges for B.C. RCMP, experts say
VANCOUVER — Illicit drugs have always been a problem in port cities, but experts say the emergence of highly potent synthetic opioids that are fuelling B.C.’s overdose crisis are slipping through...
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Daphne Bramham: If B.C. had data perhaps fewer patients would be collateral...
Nearly a year ago, the B.C. College of Physicians and Surgeons deemed opioid over-prescribing such a severe problem that it became the only regulatory body in North America with the power to strip a...
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80 litres of chemical used to make MDMA dumped in Surrey pond
SURREY — The City of Surrey will spend up to $40,000 to clean up a pond in Newton after somebody dumped into the water up to 80 litres of chemicals commonly used to make the illegal drug MDMA, or...
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New Westminster police seize heroin, cocaine during traffic stop
An early morning traffic stop in New Westminster led to the arrest of three people and the seizure of $25,000 worth of street drugs on Tuesday. New Westminster police seized what is believed to be 100...
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City of Vancouver expects March to prove deadly for drug users
The City of Vancouver is predicting March will be even deadlier than February for drug users. Last month, Vancouver police recorded 25 suspected overdose deaths in the city, but in the first three...
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Hells Angel associate convicted in major cocaine conspiracy gets 10 years in...
A Hells Angels associate who was convicted in a major cocaine conspiracy has been sentenced to 10 years in prison. James Howard, 39, was one of eight men arrested following a reverse sting operation...
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'Sobering' update on opioid crisis presented to Vancouver council
Health experts painted a grim picture Wednesday morning as they updated Vancouver’s mayor and council on an ongoing opioid crisis that has spread from its “epicentre” in the Downtown Eastside to touch...
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Matt Robinson: Our prejudices are contributing to B.C.'s opioid crisis
It’s hard to visualize how large a group 922 people really is. Packed onto TransLink buses, the line of trolleys needed to carry them all would be 12 long. Laid out by the dozen, the 922 people would...
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REAL SCOOP: Sentences in two drug trafficking cases
Here are a couple of court rulings I have reported on in recent days but have not had a chance to put up on the blog yet. Golf instructor turned drug line worker busted ‘first day on the job’ in...
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Opinion: A failed B.C. emergency response, and the dying continues
It has been a year since the chief medical health officer for B.C., Dr. Perry Kendall, declared a state of emergency over the province’s overdose crisis. The death toll continues to climb a year later,...
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B.C. responds to suit over fees to welfare recipients for methadone treatment
The B.C. government says it has done nothing wrong by redirecting money from the income-assistance cheques of recovering heroin addicts to pay private methadone-dispensing clinics for treatment. In...
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Opinion: Now is time for provincial leaders to commit to funding fight...
Losing our children to addiction and accidental overdose is beyond devastating. To know that their passing was preventable is enraging. B.C. is in the midst of an epidemic. More than 1,100 people have...
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Prince George man faces nine charges following drug trafficking probe
A multi-agency investigation has resulted in nine charges against a Prince George man and a seizure of drugs, weapons, and cash. In late April, investigators with the Combined Forces Special...
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European addiction experts urge expansion of medical heroin program in Canada
VANCOUVER — Addiction experts from five European countries say their experience with prescription heroin programs have provided overwhelming evidence to suggest Canada should expand its one clinic to...
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New West student dead, another in hospital after taking unknown drug
A New West teen is dead and another student is in hospital after taking what police say was a “lethal strain of drug.” The New Westminster school district has launched a critical incident response plan...
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Surrey’s first supervised consumption site set to open
Drug users will start injecting their own heroin or other illicit substances at a new supervised injection site opening this week in Surrey in an effort to curb a crisis in overdose deaths. SafePoint...
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