The rate of Island hospitalizations for alcohol use is twice the national average.

That outreach work won’t be done at Cool Aid’s new Crosstown development project on the former Tally Ho property on Douglas

“You get stuck in maybe a mindset or a way of thinking like ‘Well, if I take this substance, I’ll be able to get through the day,’” says one construction worker.

It seems simple, but in the heat of the moment, would you know what to do?

A dashboard that would tell people what street drugs are being sold each week is in the works, but stalled by lack of funding

A local outreach worker says the past month has been particularly deadly for the city’s most vulnerable populations

Five people in Victoria died in the week of Aug. 14, joining over 10,000 who have lost their lives to the drug poisoning crisis since 2016.

They usually find eight per shift. Last week they broke a record.