Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General Mike Morris issued the following statement in response to the just-released report of the federal Cannabis Task Force:

Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General Mike Morris and Minister of Health Terry Lake, along with the co-chairs of the Joint Task Force on Overdose Response, Dr. Perry Kendall and Clayton Pecknold, issued the following joint statement in response to the federal announcement regarding a new Canadian drugs and substances strategy:

The BC Community Road Safety Toolkit, detailing some of the most effective and innovative road design ideas from jurisdictions worldwide, is now available on RoadSafetyBC’s website.

Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General Mike Morris has issued the following statement in recognition of the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women:

The BC Coroners Service has confirmed the identity of a man who died on a trail in the Victoria suburb of Langford on Dec. 1, 2016.

VicPD is recommending multiple drug trafficking charges against a 27-year-old man after a multi-agency investigation resulted in over a million dollars of drugs seized.

The BC Coroners Service has released the report and recommendations of a Death Review Panel into the deaths caused by intimate partner violence (IPV).

For the first known time in B.C., the highly toxic opioid carfentanil has been detected at the scene of an apparent illicit drug death.

The Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General Mike Morris and Minister of Health Terry Lake issued the following statement on the overdose crisis:

Corrections and probation officers from throughout British Columbia were honoured Monday at the annual Corrections Exemplary Service Medals award ceremony.