Even in an unsafe workplace, nurses are scared to speak up about dangers to staff and patients because the healthcare system demands silence.

After BC NDP catch heat for trafficked safe supply pills, RCMP issue gag order, restricting detachments from talking about drug seizures.

The Eby government holds Portugal's vaunted drug strategy as proof decriminalization will work in BC, but the two nations are very different.

Nursing homes aren't equipped to safely house or treat street-entrenched patients, but the BC government is placing them there anyway.

Nursing homes aren't equipped to safely house or treat street-entrenched patients, but the BC government is placing them there anyway.

Air testing done at the Tally Ho supportive housing facility in Victoria has found "unacceptable" levels of illicit substances.

A week before the RCMP vehicles were torched, a spokesperson for the small Wet’suwet’en group opposing the CGL pipeline issued a public call-out to anarchists and others.

For safe supply believers, anecdotes are evidence and sacrifices are inevitable, even though addictions specialists say it doesn't work.

BC Premier says his government immediately cut ties when it learned of illegal activity by grantee, but some BC NDP MLAs knew much earlier.

Last week, Eby sat down with Northern Beat to talk about the issues around prolific offenders and what he can do about them.

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London Drugs says it's considering closing one of its downtown Vancouver locations due to concerns around increased crime and violence.

Four BC RCMP detachments have reported suspected safe supply in seizures, despite BC government saying no evidence of widespread diversion.

All session, Eby and his ministers deflected calls for a ban on hard drug use in public places, even as more and more mayors ask for help.

BC Premier says his government immediately cut ties when it learned of illegal activity by grantee, but some BC NDP MLAs knew much earlier.

A mental health and addictions hub, regulated services, transparency, and a focus on social integration can get the province back on track.

Police surveillance and a Northern Beat investigation reveal a similar pattern of drug activities in front of BC drugstores.

When the story landed in legislature, Premier David Eby could have frankly acknowledged it as an example of how desperately acute the opioid crisis has become.

Two activists were charged with trafficking after three years of openly dealing illicit drugs; government officials say they didn't know.

BC Premier says his government immediately cut ties when it learned of illegal activity by grantee, but some BC NDP MLAs knew much earlier.

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“We have to talk about what's age appropriate, and what's truly supposed to be in the classroom,” says former BC education minister.

Two activists were charged with trafficking after three years of openly dealing illicit drugs; government officials say they didn't know.

Homelessness. Addiction. Surging violent crime.All in one of Western Civilization’s most prosperous societies.But how did we get here? And who’s to blame?Her...

UBCM President Trish Mandewo speaks about the impact of housing legislation on local governments and communities, and the partnership needed between all leve...

After police confirm safe supply integrated into organized crime operations, BC Premier David Eby opens door to chemical tracking.

Throughout August, communities in Northern B.C. experienced eight emergency room closures and diversions of Northern Health facilities. 

Nearly two years later, rebuilding has yet to begin. Politics, bureaucracy, and Lytton's unique nature have conspired against the village.

Safer supply is now integrated into organized crime operations in BC and makes up half of all hydromorphone seized, say police leaders.

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Two years before CBC revealed that dozens of people had allegedly abused a B.C. Housing affordable homeownership program, the agency’s leaders were warned there was a “high risk” the situation could...

Documents obtained by CBC tell the story behind a headline-grabbing bust by Campbell River RCMP that resulted in the seizure of thousands of pills doled out through B.C.'s safe supply program.

Stigma must accompany compassion, treatment options and other supports if we are to reduce drug use, according to addictions scientists.

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