Kamloops toxic-drug deaths and overdose crisis

Coverage Timeline

1. Oct 27 RCMP issues drug warning in Salmon Arm after multiple overdoses in 24 hours ↗ KamloopsBCNow details
2. Oct 22 Tablets being sold in Kamloops contain opioid ’50 times stronger’ than fentanyl: Interior Health ↗ CFJC Today details
3. Oct 14 Seven illicit drug deaths recorded in Kamloops over the summer ↗ CFJC Today details
4. Oct 5 Interior Health warns Kamloops residents of substance containing ‘extremely high’ amounts of fentanyl ↗ CFJC Today details
5. Sep 17 IH warns Kamloops drug users of meth found to contain MDMA ↗ CFJC Today details
6. Sep 1 25 years of overdose prevention: ASK Wellness reflects on Kamloops’ ongoing toxic drug crisis ↗ CFJC Today details
7. Aug 25 Four illicit drug deaths recorded in Kamloops in June; declining trends continue ↗ CFJC Today details
8. Jul 9 Declining BC drug death trend continues through May; two more deaths recorded in Kamloops ↗ CFJC Today details
9. Jun 11 Kamloops nearly doubled its year-to-date drug death total in April: BC Coroners Service ↗ CFJC Today details
10. May 19 Interior Health warns of dangerous drug circulating in Kamloops ↗ Radio NL details
11. Kamloops drug users warned of contaminated down, heightened risk of fatal overdose ↗ CFJC Today details
12. TOXIC DRUG POISONING – A decade of deaths and drivers in Kamloops ↗ Armchair Mayor details
13. May 13 Kamloops toxic-drug deaths remain on historic low pace in 2026 ↗ Radio NL details
14. Kamloops on pace for lowest rate of drug deaths in a decade: province ↗ CFJC Today details

Linked Articles by Source

KamloopsBCNow

• RCMP issues drug warning in Salmon Arm after multiple overdoses in 24 hours ↗

  Oct 27, 2026 · details

CFJC Today

• Tablets being sold in Kamloops contain opioid ’50 times stronger’ than fentanyl: Interior Health ↗

  Oct 22, 2026 · details
• Seven illicit drug deaths recorded in Kamloops over the summer ↗

  Oct 14, 2026 · details
• Interior Health warns Kamloops residents of substance containing ‘extremely high’ amounts of fentanyl ↗

  Oct 5, 2026 · details
• IH warns Kamloops drug users of meth found to contain MDMA ↗

  Sep 17, 2026 · details
• 25 years of overdose prevention: ASK Wellness reflects on Kamloops’ ongoing toxic drug crisis ↗

  Aug 31, 2026 · details
• Four illicit drug deaths recorded in Kamloops in June; declining trends continue ↗

  Aug 25, 2026 · details
• Declining BC drug death trend continues through May; two more deaths recorded in Kamloops ↗

  Jul 9, 2026 · details
• Kamloops nearly doubled its year-to-date drug death total in April: BC Coroners Service ↗

  Jun 11, 2026 · details
• Kamloops drug users warned of contaminated down, heightened risk of fatal overdose ↗

  May 19, 2026 · details
• Kamloops on pace for lowest rate of drug deaths in a decade: province ↗

  May 13, 2026 · details

Radio NL

• Interior Health warns of dangerous drug circulating in Kamloops ↗

  May 19, 2026 · details
• Kamloops toxic-drug deaths remain on historic low pace in 2026 ↗

  May 13, 2026 · details

Armchair Mayor

• TOXIC DRUG POISONING – A decade of deaths and drivers in Kamloops ↗

  May 19, 2026 · details

Key People, Organizations, and Places

city: Kamloops , Salmon Arm

health_facility: Interior Health Authority , ASK Wellness

government_body: BC Coroners Service , Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Salmon Arm detachment

region: British Columbia , Thompson Cariboo Shuswap health service delivery area

organization: ASK Wellness , CFJC Today

event: International Overdose Awareness Day

person: Bob Hughes , Andrew Hodges

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