Former chief coroner Lisa Lapointe to run for B.C. Greens in provincial vote

VICTORIA — The British Columbia Green Party has named former chief coroner Lisa Lapointe as the party’s candidate in the riding of Saanich South on Vancouver Island.

Leader Emily Lowan announced Lapointe’s candidacy as the party unveiled its toxic drugs policy on Thursday.

Lowan says the overdose crisis kills many British Columbians each day, and front-line workers bear the brunt of a “politicized” system that has failed to solve the problem.

She says Lapointe and the party will “put an end to the failures” behind the crisis that has killed thousands of people since the province declared a public health emergency in April 2016.