Tag: BC Coroner’s Service

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

Health Greg Nesteroff -
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

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

Drugs claimed 2 more lives in West Kootenay-Boundary in April

Health My Nelson Now Staff -
Two more people died in April in the West Kootenay-Boundary due to toxic drugs, according to the BC Coroners Service.

West Kootenay-Boundary has BC’s highest rate of drug-related deaths

Health My Nelson Now Staff -
According to the BC Coroners Service, there were four deaths in our region that month, a rate of 4.6 per 100,000 population. That was the highest of any health subregion in BC.

Seven more lives lost to drugs in Kootenay-Boundary

Health My Nelson 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

Health My Nelson 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

B.C. Coroners Service My Nelson Now Staff -
The BC Coroners Service round-up of statistics relating to unregulated drug deaths in BC showed our area was the only part of the province where no one died that month.

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

Health My Nelson Now Staff -
In the West Kootenay-Boundary, seven people died in July and one in August, for a total of 24 so far this year.

Kootenays see no toxic drug-related deaths in January

Health Storrm Lennie -
Interior Health saw 21 unregulated drug-related deaths in January, but none in the Kootenay region. According to the BC Coroners...

BC sees 13 per cent year-over-year decline in overdose deaths; Kootenay Boundary tallies 35 deaths in 2024

Health My Nelson Now Staff -
The Kootenay Boundary tallies 35 illicit drug fatalities in 2024, down from the previous year’s 41 deaths. Nelson and Trail...

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

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

Two Kootenay residents killed by drug poisoning in October

Health My Nelson Now Staff -
According to the latest report from the BC Coroners Service, two residents from the Kootenays were killed by toxic...

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

Health My Nelson Now Staff -
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

Provincial My Nelson Now Staff -
The Kootenays have recorded 23 deaths from toxic drugs in the first six months of 2024. 14 deaths were reported...

Man killed in single vehicle incident west of Salmo

RCMP My Nelson Now Staff -
A 43-year-old man from Salmo tragically lost his life this weekend in a single-vehicle collision west of Salmo, near...

24 youth toxic drug deaths recorded in BC Interior since 2019

Provincial My Nelson 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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