Drug addiction

TOXIC DRUG POISONING – A decade of deaths and drivers in Kamloops

May 19, 2026 // 0 Comments

By JAYSE HEER-MATONOVICH and PETER TISGARIS Thompson Rivers University THE TOXIC DRUG poisoning crisis has had a profound impact on British Columbia communities, including [Continue]

EDITORIAL – All this talk about solutions to the shelter issue is just pablum

April 23, 2026 // 1 Comment

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. SO THE PATHWAYS shelter has been given a 20-month extension to operate at the former Butler Auto site on Tranquille Road. Will it make [Continue]

ARMCHAIR ARCHIVES – Fifty years ago, the ‘riff raff’ were a problem downtown

January 24, 2026 // 5 Comments

The terminology, drugs of choice, degree and our own tolerance level may have changed but downtown Kamloops had the same kinds of problems in 1976 as it does in 2026. The [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – B.C.’s beautiful decriminalization failure

January 22, 2026 // 1 Comment

IT WAS A WONDERFUL attempt to reverse a century of criminalization but political reality and toxic drugs got in the way. The election cycle of four years leaves little time [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Eby finally figures out what everyone knew about decriminalization

January 16, 2026 // 7 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger, ‘TOLD YOU SO.’ Feels good to say it, especially in view of the alternative. When the David Eby government brought in a pilot [Continue]

DRUG ALERT – Fake tablets sold as Percocet but contain fentanyl instead

February 11, 2025 // 1 Comment

A toxic drug alert was issued this evening (Feb. 11, 2025) for tablets being sold as Percocet but that actually contain fentanyl or a fentanyl analog. Interior Health said [Continue]