Preliminary reporting released by the BC Coroners Service confirms that toxic, unregulated drugs claimed the lives of at least 2,511 people in British Columbia in 2023, the largest number of drug-related deaths ever reported to the agency.

The deaths of at least 342 people experiencing homelessness were reported to the BC Coroners Service in 2022, continuing an increase in deaths among the unhoused population of 138% in the past two years.

At least 2,039 lives have been lost to unregulated drugs in the first 10 months of 2023, according to preliminary data released by the BC Coroners Service.

To help people in crisis and to free police to focus on crime, a new crisis response team is now in Chilliwack.

To help people in crisis and to free police to focus on crime, a new crisis response team is now in Abbotsford.

To help people in crisis and to free police to focus on crime, a new crisis response team is now in Burnaby.

To help people in crisis and to free police to focus on crime, a new crisis response team is now in Coquitlam.

The Ishtar Women’s Resource Society will soon be increasing its counselling and therapy services for women facing and recovering from gender-based violence with new support from the Province.

The Province is helping keep people safe by creating hubs of police, dedicated prosecutors and probation officers focused on tackling repeat violent offending in every region of the province.