Recreational Drugs
A normal sight in Canada now. Edmonton, Alberta.
An addict passes away in front of our kids as we leave dinner.
Stop this madness.
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Read MoreTom Dyas spent four months during last year’s election campaign hammering home Kelowna’s need to do more to fight crime.
He pointed to the city’s crime rate which showed the Central Okanagan as number one among the country’s metropolitan areas – calling the city the crime capital of Canada.
The 2022 crime rate figures are expected to be released by Statistics Canada later this summer but, despite some encouraging signs, RCMP Supt. Kara Triance expects the region to again be number one.
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Read MoreIllegal drug toxicity is now the leading cause of death in British Columbia, killing more people between the ages of 10 and 59 than homicides, suicides, accidents and natural diseases combined.
The province also saw over 1000 drug-related deaths in the first five months of 2023, despite the possession of small amounts of hard drugs having been decriminalized in the province as a “harm-reduction” effort endorsed by the federal government.
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Read MoreTerrasses shutting in Montreal’s Village over customers’ safety fears
Business owners say the city is failing to respond to issues caused by a rise in the number of people with drug or mental health problems.
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Read MoreCanada’s homeless population is smaller than originally estimated, Statistics Canada data show. A Census count of people living in shelters was less than half the number in 2016.
“The Census is not an adequate tool to frequently enumerate the homeless population,” said a StatsCan report A Review Of Canadian Homelessness Data 2023. “However the Census enumerates the homeless population in shelters across the country in real time.”
The 2021 Census counted 9,275 shelter occupants, mainly in Ontario (4,060 people) and British Columbia (2,595). The 2016 Census counted more than twice as many residents in shelters nationwide, a total 22,190 people.
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Read MoreUnited Airlines agents accused of stealing cannabis from checked bags
Two men allegedly operated the scheme for years and were making up to $13K per week
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Read MoreA drug syndicate that tried to smuggle tons of methamphetamine from Canada to Australia and New Zealand by hiding it in shipments of maple syrup and canola oil has had its ruse busted, authorities said Thursday.
Authorities from the three nations say they worked together for more than five months to unravel the elaborate scheme that was worth billions of dollars.
Authorities in New Zealand and Australia say they’ve made a dozen arrests and expect more to come, while Canadian authorities said they are still investigating the case and aren’t yet providing all the details.
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Read MoreA Vancouver family known for its philanthropy is making a $20 million donation to a British Columbia substance use treatment centre in memory of their adult son and brother who died of an opioid overdose.
Jill Diamond, executive director of Vancouver’s Diamond Foundation and sister to Steven Diamond, said in a statement that her brother might still be alive today if he had received the care being offered at Vancouver’s St. Paul’s Hospital.
“No matter where we turned, we never found the help that Steven needed,” Diamond said in a news release.
“We’re speaking out today for the first time because we want to save lives.”
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Read MoreThe occupation of Allen Gardens in downtown Toronto is living proof that the city does not have homeless problem.
It has a drug problem.
While there were more than enough shelter beds (according to the city’s own bed count from the first week of June) to accommodate those squatting in the downtown park, it seems a group of drug addicts and Indigenous have opted to take over Allen Gardens this summer.
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Read Morecommunities, according to a poll conducted by Research Co.
“More than half of British Columbians who voted for the BC Liberals in 2020 (55%) agree with safe supply programs,” said Research Co President Mario Canseco in a press release.
“The level of support is higher among those who cast ballots for the BC NDP (68%) or the BC Green Party (73%) in the last provincial election.”
The poll said 61% of British Columbians describe the situation as a major problem — down three points since a similar poll was conducted in 2018.
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