Tides of Change - South Surrey/White Rock Community Action Team

08/30/2022

What a great lineup to celebrate recovery!

A Funkalicious experience awaits as Canadian electro-soul hip hop band B***y and the Bass light up the 6th and 6th Stage on Sept. 10th.

Groovy basslines, boisterous horns, and sultry vocals create the distinct dancefloor ready sounds. This band originated at McGill University as winners of CBC and TD Rock Your Campus 2014. The band has since exploded playing festivals and performing worldwide.

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6th and 6th Stage Program
12:30 - 1:30 Eagle Eyes
2:00 - 3:00 B***y and the Base
3:30 - 4:30 Snotty Nose Rez Kids
4:30 - 5:00 Sponsors Talk
5:00 - 6:00 Tom Cochrane

11/26/2021

As National Addiction Awareness Week comes to an end, let's end stigma!

09/13/2021

"As voters start to turn to who they are going to support for the upcoming federal election, B.C.’s chief coroner is hoping the ongoing overdose crisis weighs into the minds of voters.

In a wide-ranging interview for Focus BC, Lisa Lapointe said she would like to see the federal party leaders focus on plans to cut down on illicit drug deaths and to provide wide-ranging support for illicit drug users.

“I wish the federal leaders would come to B.C. and speak to some of the people I have spoken to,” Lapointe said."

In a wide-ranging interview for Focus BC, Lisa Lapointe said she would like to see the federal party leaders focus on plans to cut down on illicit drug deaths.

09/10/2021

"Logan Williams' cause of death has been confirmed by a Canadian coroner's office.

In a report shared with PEOPLE Thursday, the Coroners Service of British Columbia determined that the 16-year-old actor died of "unintentional illicit drug toxicity (fentanyl)," classified as "accidental," on April 2, 2020."

The Coroners Service of British Columbia confirmed that Logan Williams died of acute drug toxicity in April 2020

09/09/2021

"Aeris Kurtis Finch lay unconscious, his skin looking blue, in his Mission, B.C., apartment.

Co***ne laced with fentanyl led to an overdose. The then 31-year-old suffered seizures, swelling of the brain and organ failures, including in his lungs and kidneys.

Paramedics worked on him for nearly 25 minutes to get his heart beating again, he says. Then he was placed in a medically induced coma for 23 days. "

As overdose deaths in B.C. reach new highs, an overdose survivor from Mission, B.C., encourages those struggling with addiction to get support before it's too late.

09/08/2021

"Hello Everyone,

If you are looking for something to do this Saturday the 11th why not head to New Westminster to support Recovery Day! Street Festival This is an annual event, (cancelled last year) for the lower mainland community to celebrate recovery. This event is held outside and is from Noon to Five pm in New Westminster at 6th street and 6th avenue. This year there is a circus, lots of bands and a kids zone."

09/07/2021

"The numbers are now painfully clear: last year, as the country rallied to save lives during the pandemic, toxic street drugs wiped out Canadians at a record pace, with fentanyl, a powerful synthetic opioid, leading the carnage. All told, confirmed or suspected drug poisonings killed nearly 7,000 Canadians in 2020, or 19 people every day"

From July 11 to July 17, 2020, drug poisoning killed at least 207 Canadians, according to data compiled by Maclean's. That's more than 29 people a day, for seven straight days.

09/04/2021

Check out each party's platform for how they would propose to address the increasingly deadly impact of the toxic drug supply. Now is our opportunity to tell Canada how we can Turn the Tide on overdose!

Over 22,000 Canadians have died of a drug overdose since 2016. Here's the Liberal, Conservative, and NDP plans to tackle the crisis.

09/03/2021

To commemorate the International Overdose Awareness Day on August 31st, the White Rock Pier has its lights changed to purple.

08/31/2021

Bringing awareness to White Rock pier and promenade for

08/31/2021

"In 2015, Vancouver mom Deb Bailey spent Christmas Eve in the morgue.

It's where she identified the body of her 21-year-old daughter, Ola, who had left home to go holiday shopping just two days earlier.

"There she was, laying there in the clothes she had left in, looking like she was sleeping — and you're shattered, really," Bailey recalled.

Ola is among the more than 7,000 British Columbians who have died from illicit drugs during B.C.'s overdose crisis, which was declared a public health emergency in 2016."

Advocates have long been calling for access to a safer drug supply for users in B.C. as more and more toxic drugs flood the streets. Last year was the deadliest on record, with more than 1,700 people fatally overdosing.