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Aaron Manson, 26, died after overdosing in his room in Kamloops

Aaron Manson's death was caused by a plant-derived opioid known as kratom (Mitragyna speciosa)

The annual Campout to End Youth Homelessness was held on Dec. 10

Wade Lieuwen, 34, died in an Oct. 15 accident at River City Fibre on Mission Flats Road

The BC Coroners Service is probing the fatal incident that occurred on Oct. 15 at River City Fibre

The province has reached out to a family whose developmentally challenged relative was found to have been living in a Campbell River house with the body of his deceased caregiver. Because the . . .

“We don’t do a coroner’s investigation in those circumstances,” he said. The description of the scene is consistent with “ancient Indigenous coastal burial practices,” Panton said, and a tooth found had wear consistent with pre-contact Indigenous remains. “There was no evidence located, such as clothing or artefacts, that would suggest the remains were modern,” he said. The remains have been left undisturbed and have been recorded with the province as an archeological site, ...

Deaths during B.C. heatwave surpass 800 Last Updated Jul 16, 2021 at 9:47 pm PDT FILE - A B.C. ambulance paramedic is seen outside the Lions Gate Hospital in North Vancouver, B.C. Monday, March 23, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward Summary 808 people died between June 25 and July 1, when temperatures topped 40 degrees Celsius in some B.C. communities It is believed the extreme weather was a significant contributing factor to the massive spike in deaths Fraser Health recorded 353 deaths,...

At least one dead after construction crane collapses in Kelowna, B.C. Poll yes By The Canadian Press on July 12, 2021. KELOWNA, B.C. – The RCMP say at least one person is dead and others are injured after a crane collapsed at a construction site in downtown Kelowna, B.C. The Mounties say they responded to the collapse, which knocked out power for most of the city’s downtown core and forced an evacuation of the surrounding area that remained in effect Monday afternoon. Insp. Adam MacIntosh...

At least one dead after construction crane collapses in Kelowna, B.C. Poll Yes KELOWNA, B.C. – The RCMP say at least one person is dead and others are injured after a crane collapsed at a construction site in downtown Kelowna, B.C. The Mounties say they responded to the collapse, which knocked out power for most of the city’s downtown core and forced an evacuation of the surrounding area that remained in effect Monday afternoon. Insp. Adam MacIntosh says in a statement there is at least o...