Two overdose alerts were issued for the Nanaimo and Cowichan Valley areas as the region records a spike in overdose calls.
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BC's other provincial health emergency — overdose deaths — has become more acute since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Overdose deaths In BC increased sharply in March with 113 people dying in BC, but are still down from the previous year according to a report from the BC Coroners Service.
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British Columbia’s COVID-19 Go-Forward Strategy was released today. This document details recommendations and next steps to reach a sustainable ‘new normal’ for the next year to two years.
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BC's Provincial Health Officer is calling on all British Columbians to keep these principles in mind to help guide you in your actions during this epidemic. Dr. Bonnie Henry is urging us to "be kind, be calm and be safe" to not judge others, but to look to our own actions in helping to flatten and decrease the curve.
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Updated May 1: The City of Nanaimo and BC Housing has announced that an Emergency Response Centre will open in June to provide shelter for 35 homeless residents for the duration of the pandemic.
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As BC Housing announced plans to move homeless people in Vancouver and Victoria from large encampments to hundreds of hotel rooms and communal spaces, a similar effort has faltered in Nanaimo.
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