3 die on Victoria streets little more than an hour apart as Island Health issues drug toxicity warning – CBC

Mar 11, 2025

Three people died a little over an hour apart in Victoria on Monday, Victoria police and the B.C. Coroners Service have confirmed.

An outreach worker says the city’s enforcement of anti-sheltering bylaws has made it more difficult for support workers to help those struggling on downtown streets and blames their deaths on drug overdoses.

The B.C. Coroners Service says a man also died in downtown Victoria on March 8 and that the cause of all four deaths is still under investigation.

On Tuesday, Island Health issued an advisory of an increased risk to those using unregulated substances on the South Island, as “drug poisonings are increasing in Greater Victoria.”

Read more: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/3-overdose-deaths-victoria-streets-1.7481038