Two fatal overdose deaths were recorded in the Kootenay region in February, as the provincial toll reached 177, according to the latest report from the BC Coroners Service.
The report records one death each in East Kootenay and Kootenay-Boundary regions.
There have been three fatal overdoses in the East Kootenay due to the toxic drug supply in the first two months of the year, according to the report.
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