According to statistics out today from the BC Coroners Service, there were five deaths in the West Kootenay-Boundary in June and two deaths in the East Kootenay.
According to the BC Coroners Service, there were four deaths in our region that month, a rate of 4.6 per 100,000 population. That was the highest of any health subregion in BC.
The BC Coroners Service round-up of statistics relating to unregulated drug deaths in BC showed our area was the only part of the province where no one died that month.
In the West Kootenay-Boundary, seven died in July and one in August, for a total of 24 so far this year. In the East Kootenay, one person died in July and three in August, for a year-to-date total of 12.
The B.C. NDP is promising millions of dollars in new investments in clean energy and climate programs if re-elected, while warning a Conservative government would roll back environmental protections.
B.C. NDP Leader David Eby is facing criticism after confirming his family benefited from a $10-a-day child care program his government froze to new providers.
A potentially powerful El Niño could worsen drought conditions across B.C., prompting calls for stronger water protection measures from the next provincial government.
