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New ‘designer drug’ a cause for concern W-18 said to be 100 times more potent that Fentanyl CAROLYN GRANT
As reported earlier this year in the Townsman/Bulletin there has been some concern over a street drug Fentanyl or Fentanyl-type drugs causing overdoses. Fentanyl is reported to be 100 times more potent than morphine. Now there is a new drug causing concern — W-18 — although not much is known about it, or whether it is present in the East Kootenay yet,
says Dean Nicholson of East Kootenay Addiction Services. “We haven’t heard more than what is being reported in the media,” Nicholson said. What is being reported is that police in Delta are urging drug users to be extra vigilant and “know your source” after the new drug was discovered during a recent drug bust.
MIKE TURNER PHOTOS
I HEAR THOSE GOATS A_COMIN’: The helpful herd is back — the goats of Rocky Ridge Vegetation Control, out of Kamloops, are afoot in the East Kootenay this month, continuing the fight against invasive weeds by lunching down on sulphur cinquefoil and knapweed. The herd, run by Conrad Lindblom with help from Natasha Murphy, are working on ?aq’am (St. Mary’s Band) lands for the second season in a row. Below: THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT: Pictured is ‘Chewbacka,’ born June 3.
‘A GP For Me’ makes strides in EK
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Team-based health care, doctor recruitment is making a difference for local patients, group says
New Cherry Creek Falls Park opening June 12 The Official Opening of Cherry Creek Falls Regional Park will be held on Sunday, June 12, at 2 p.m. at the park. The event is a joint venture between the Regional District of East Kootenay and the Meadowbrook Community Association to celebrate the creation of the park rather than a rock quarry as had been proposed by the mineral tenure holder. There will be a rib-
bon cutting and a few short speeches followed by cake and refreshments but no barbecue as was mentioned in a previous RDEK advertisement. Everyone is invited to view the amenities: the new parking lot and kiosk, the decorative safety fence and the stairway to the bottom of the falls, plus the decorative picnic tables and gorgeous benches overlooking the falls.
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Physician recruitment is proceeding apace in the East Kootenay, and other enhancements to local health care are ongoing, three years after the launch of a regional based provincial initiative. In 2013, the East Kootenay Division of Family Practice, 102 physician members, Interior Health, and many community partners came together to work on the provincial ‘A GP for Me’ initiative. The division wanted to improve local primary care and help more local people find a family doctor, so they got to work to do four things: recruit more doctors; help the most vulnerable people in the community get the supports they need; promote healthier lifestyles for community members, and maximize the time available for patients by making current doctor’s offices as efficient as possible. “Today, we are proud to report that since we started this collaborative work, over 3,500 people living in our communities have been connected with a doctor,” said Dr. Todd Loewen, Physician Lead, in a press release.
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