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The drug problem Vancouver isn’t dealing with
EIC November 13, 2016The growing problem When you think of frequent drug users, you don't think of students, friends, family — but the reality is, assumptions about drug users in Vancouver is causing the fentanyl crisis to reach its high. In June, drug overdose took over as the leading cause of unnatural death in BC, ahead of motor vehicle accidents. This has been in part attributed to a powerful opioid taking over the drug supply for the last few years: fentanyl. Unlike heroin, fentanyl is synthetic. It is also around 100 times more potent. Most disturbingly, it’s recently been found cut into a…
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Documents reveal that BC university executive salaries exceed caps
EIC October 13, 2014Questions have recently arisen concerning salary pay for executives at post-secondary institutions in BC, after documents were released showing that executives at three institutions were paid beyond their salary caps for the 2013/2014 year. In March, David Eby, edu-ca-tion critic…
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