Northern Health Authority

She warns that without bolder action from politicians, BC will stay at the mercy of the international drug trade.

Island Health and Northern Health continue to have the province's highest death rates per capita.

Across Canada, Prime Minister Mark Carney took his pitch for national unity to Calgary on Thursday, ahead of Monday's Alberta referendum on separation, and crowds mobbed him for selfies at almost every stop.

Carney asked Albertans to vote to stay in Canada.