Dawson Creek RCMP are warning the public about a potentially toxic drug supply after two overdose-related deaths in under 24 hours last month.
On Sept. 9 at approximately 5:30 p.m., a 43-year-old woman was found deceased in a makeshift shelter near 17th Street and Willowbrook Crescent.
Police said they located numerous signs the woman, identified as Lynsey Shendruk, had been using illicit drugs prior to her death.
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At around 1:00 p.m. on Sept. 10, a 30-year-old man was found dead in Barbaree Park near Chamberlain Drive and 15th Street, less than one kilometre away from where Shendruk was located.
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Staff Sgt. Rob Hughes with Dawson Creek RCMP confirmed the deceased man was the same person who discovered Shendruk unresponsive a day earlier.
Again, police said items found at …