TORONTO British Columbia’s overdose crisis claimed more lives last year than homicides, suicides and car crashes combined, according to the province’s Coroners Service. In total, 1,716 people died due to illicit drugs, a 74-per-cent increase in deaths since 2019. The number represents around 4.7 deaths per day. And all of those deaths were investigated by a dedicated team of coroners. Kimberly Isbister is one of six who make up the province s Drug Death Investigation Team. “Every day is definitely very busy,” Isbister told CTV News. “Because every day we’re dealing with a new set of grieving families, loved ones, friends.”