BEPPLE – Time to consider opioid dispensing machines in Kamloops
YESTERDAY, at the Kamloops City Council meeting, Kamloops’ top cop said it’s time to think of having a safe supply of opioids for drug users. Kamloops RCMP Supt. Syd [Continue]
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ROTHENBURGER – Drug overdoses need action but so does the Ajax mine
An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. A NATIONAL EMERGENCY on drug overdoses will be declared if the powers in Ottawa listen to Kamloops City council. The council received a [Continue]
EDITORIAL – There’s cause for hope in opioid stats but not for suicides
An editorial Mel Rothenburger. STATISTICS ARE IMPERSONAL but they tell stories. Sometimes they’re cold and cruel, sometimes hopeful. Three recent reports from the B.C. [Continue]
HEIGHTON – Road is long and winding on street issues, not insurmountable
By JEREMY HEIGHTON Executive Director, North Shore BIA THIS PAST WEEK, I and Bryce Herman, our President, attended the annual Business Improvement Association of B.C. [Continue]
LETTER – Follow the money to find solutions to the opioid crisis
Here is my view of the opioid crisis. First, we should understand that what drives supply is money. The saying that “Crime doesn’t pay” is false. If crime [Continue]
EDITORIAL – Sad fact is that the answer to opioid crisis continues to elude us
An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. FRUSTRATION WITH what seems like the losing battle against opioid addiction was obvious Tuesday when Interior Health representatives talked [Continue]
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