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More than 9,400 people have died in the six years since B.C. declared a public health emergency due to overdose deaths. Here are the stories of six of those victims.
Campbell River RCMP and the B.C. Coroners Service are investigating the suspected overdose death of a 14-year-old boy on Saturday. “Our hearts go out to the family of the young man that was lost,. . .
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Goderre, who insists he didn’t know Allayah Thomas or her age, said he was asked by her friend — who was about 15 or 16 — if he would drive them and a male friend from Langford to downtown Victoria, where they intended to buy drugs. “The friend contacted me and asked, literally, if I could drive them downtown instead of taking the bus and I said yes,” said Goderre, who said he has done the same for people in the past. “She said she had two friends with her” — Allayah and a male friend. Goderre said he drove Allayah and her friends to the parking lot of McDonald’s at 980 Pandora Ave.
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A 33-year-old Langford man who was one of the last people to see a 12-year-old suspected overdose victim alive says he was helping the Grade 6 student and her friends when he drove them to downtown Victoria to buy drugs.
“People are going to take this whatever way their mind wants to take it,” Cale Goderre said in a phone interview Wednesday. “In one person’s mind, I could be the bad guy. In one person’s mind, I can be a saint.”
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Bill 22 was paused last year when the B.C. Greens wouldn’t support it. “It’s inconceivable, as a parent, to think of a 12-year-old being addicted to opioids and losing their life as a result of an overdose, when we could have taken steps to avoid that,” said Horgan. “If we have access to medical care, we should make sure that everyone gets that medical care. I firmly believe that.” Grade 6 Gordon Head Middle School student Allayah Thomas died in her friend’s Langford home on April 14 after taking what her mother said was heroin and fentanyl. The B.C. Coroners Service and RCMP are investigating the death.
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