How long might it take to stitch the names of all 18,000+ people lost to BC’s tragic toxic drug crisis in the last decade? The work is underway at the @namingacrisis art installation and exhibit at the Bay Centre, where Connie Carter – a former senior policy analyst with the Canadian Drug Policy Coalition – is hosting “Stitching as Remembrance” sessions for the next two Thursdays (April 16 and 23) from 2-4 pm. People have been dropping by to leave her the names of their loved ones for Connie to stitch, but she invites people to come stitch their own names they want to remember, as she’s using a very simple embroidery stitch that takes only a couple minutes to learn. On this day 10 years ago, April 14, the BC government declared a state of emergency over toxic drug deaths. Come on down to the legislature at 1 pm for the @momsstoptheharm rally and minute of silence marking the tragic anniversary of the declaration. Deaths last year were double what they were when the crisis was declared.