There were very few suspected unregulated drug deaths in the first two months of this year in the health service delivery that both Williams Lake and 100 Mile House are in.
The BC Coroner Service says there were seven in the Thompson/Cariboo/Shuswap health service delivery area.
That compares to 107 in all of 2025.
The death rate in Thompson/Cariboo/Shuswap through February was 16.8 people per 100,000.
That compares to 69 per 100,000 in the Northern Interior, which Quesnel is part of.
That is the worst rate out of the 16 health service delivery areas.
The Kootenay/Boundary area was 68.9 per 100,000.
There were 17 suspected overdoses in the Northern Interior through February, compared to 87 in all of 2025.
B.C. had 115 suspected unregulated drug deaths in February, which equates to around 4.1 people per day.
The Coroners Service says 78% of the victims were male, 69% were between the ages of 30 and 59.
52.8% of the deaths happened in private residences, 25.7% in other residences, and 18.1% percent occurred while people were outside.
