Overdoses prompts B.C. First Nation to declare state of emergency

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Chief Joe Alphonse, tribal chairman of the Tsilhqot’in Nation is pictured at Farwell Canyon, B.C., on Oct. 24, 2014. A spike in overdose deaths in the six British Columbia nations that make up the Tsilhqot’in National …Photo: The Canadian Press
Chief Joe Alphonse, tribal chairman of the Tsilhqot’in Nation is pictured at Farwell Canyon, B.C., on Oct. 24, 2014. A spike in overdose deaths in the six British Columbia nations that make up the Tsilhqot’in National …