Cranbrook arrests
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cocaine, meth seized
Kimberley loses bid for ski worlds
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tuesDAY
november 13, 2012
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Accidental drug overdoses alarmingly high SALLY MACDONALD Townsman Staff
People in southeast B.C. are dying from prescription opioid overdoses at the same rate that they are dying in drunk driving accidents. That’s the finding Interior Health Authority’s medical health officers brought forward after a research project in conjunction with the B.C. Coroner’s Service. Across southeast B.C., 21 people are dying each year, or two per month, from overdoses of prescribed opioids such as morphine, codeine, oxycodone, hydromorphone and fentanyl. That is a rate of 2.7 people for every 100,000 people in the Interior Health Authority (IHA). According to the B.C. Coro-
ner’s Service, between two and three people out of every 100,000 die each year in motor vehicle accidents involving alcohol. “People need to know that this is actually a regular occurrence,” said IHA medical health officer Dr. Trevor Corneil, who authored an October 9, 2012 alert to physicians and pharmacists. What’s more, Dr Corneil said, the rate is even higher if you consider the number of people in IHA who are on opioids. He said of the 25,000 people in the region who have been prescribed opioids to deal with chronic pain, 22 die every year. Most – 86 per cent – overdose accidentally as opposed to suicide.
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Mark Creek flume project on schedule CAROLYN GRANT bulletin@cyberlink.ca
Kimberley’s flume project to replace the aging concrete flood channel which carries Mark Creek through downtown Kimberley, is proceeding on schedule, says Mayor Ron McRae.
“It is on schedule,” McRae said. “The contractor, Copcan, originally hoped to have this first reach tied up by the end of October, but just the sheer magnitude of the project has slowed them down a bit.
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Kimberley stopped to remember on Sunday, November 11, 2012 at the Cenotaph, the first post-Kimberley Legion Remembrance Day ceremony.
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