Nick Wells
Heartfelt messages are left on a table as people come out to mark International Overdose Awareness Day during a mass group naloxone training seminar at Centennial Square in Victoria, B.C., on Saturday August 31, 2019. nbsp;When British Columbia s provincial health officer declared an emergency into the overdose crisis five years ago, he said it was because those who died deserved more of a response. Since then, Dr. Perry Kendall says roughly 7,000 died unnecessarily. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito April 14, 2021 - 1:00 AM
VANCOUVER - When British Columbia s provincial health officer declared an emergency over the overdose crisis five years ago, he said it was because those who died deserved more of a response.
Since then-provincial health officer Dr. Perry Kendall declared an emergency over the overdose crisis five years ago, he says more than 7,000 people have died ‘unnecessary’ deaths
(LEVI LANDRY / iNFOnews.ca) April 13, 2021 - 8:00 PM A memorial and public art installation in Kamloops to be unveiled tomorrow hopes to bring awareness to the local victims to the opioid crisis over the last five years. There will be 250 pairs of shoes displayed together at ‘The Labyrinth’ between Riverside Park and Riverside Park a pair of shoes for each person that has died in Kamloops since the province declared the opioid crisis a state of emergency on April 14, 2016. Multiple organizations are coming together to put on the event, including United Way, Addiction Matters Kamloops, Moms Stop the Harm and The Loop.
VANCOUVER When British Columbia s provincial health officer declared an emergency over the overdose crisis five years ago, he said it was because those who died deserved more of a response. Since then, more than 7,000 have died in “unnecessary” deaths, said Dr. Perry Kendall. “If you look at the map of B.C., people are dying in every town and village in this province,” he said in an interview Tuesday. “They re not all people who are homeless . we have people who are employed, or unemployed, who have families and children. They are us,” said Kendall, who was B.C. s public health officer from 1999 to 2018.
Former health officials, advocates reflect on anniversary of overdose emergency
by Nick Wells, The Canadian Press
Posted Apr 14, 2021 4:00 am EDT
Last Updated Apr 14, 2021 at 4:11 am EDT
VANCOUVER When British Columbia’s provincial health officer declared an emergency over the overdose crisis five years ago, he said it was because those who died deserved more of a response.
Since then, more than 7,000 have died in “unnecessary” deaths, said Dr. Perry Kendall.
“If you look at the map of B.C., people are dying in every town and village in this province,” he said in an interview Tuesday. “They’re not all people who are homeless … we have people who are employed, or unemployed, who have families and children. They are us,” said Kendall, who was B.C.’s public health officer from 1999 to 2018.