The guidance from Dr. Daniel Vigo, B.C.'s first chief scientific adviser for psychiatry, is aimed at helping clinicians and others decide when involuntary admission is appropriate for people with both ...

But two years into the trial, drug users in Vancouver are still dying. And in recent months sections of the Canadian media and the public, along with some politicians, have started to push back ...

"The story of the overdose crisis goes far beyond people slumped over on the sidewalk; it’s a story of unrelenting commitment ...

British Columbia clinicians have received new guidance about involuntary care for people who use drugs, which includes ...

A Campbell River-area First Nation has declared a state of emergency in response to the “escalating” opioid crisis in the ...

Guy Felicella, a harm reduction advocate from Vancouver's Downtown Eastside, says safe consumption sites help reduce the harm around drug use and save lives. (Sarah Law/CBC) "All drugs are lethal in ...

Island Health says an increase in drug poisonings in the Greater Victoria area has led to an overdose advisory being issued for the region this week.

VICTORIA — The New Democrats halted the free and easy distribution of safer-supply drugs this week after two ... “We are requiring that the use of prescribed alternatives must be witnessed ...

His real-estate empire included the city’s gleaming, 48-storey One Wall Centre, and he bolstered his fortune by acquiring or ...

Analysis from Vancouver city staff shows the city continues ... to deliver a more proportional response to homelessness, drug use and mental health issues. The push for other municipalities ...