Supervised Injection Sites

• Richmond City Council votes in favour of drug consumption site motion

  The City of Richmond cannot approve a supervised consumption site as that decision lies with Vancouver Coastal Health and Health Canada.

  Politics

  Feb 13
  
• B.C. MLA the latest politician with mixed messaging for non-English media

  BC Liberal Leader Kevin Falcon says he supports supervised drug injection sites, but when one of his MLAs spoke to a Mandarin news show last week, she had a different message.

  Politics

  Feb 16, 2023
  
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• B.C. adds $10.5 million for overdose prevention sites, outreach teams

  The funding will be used to open 17 new supervised consumption services and 12 new inhalation services.

  Health

  Aug 4, 2020
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• Hundreds rally to save ‘hub for the homeless’, demand action on supervised injection site pledge

  About 200 people rallied at the city hall forecourt Tuesday afternoon, trying to stop the threatened closure of the Wesley Day Centre, which is slated to close August 23

  Health

  Jun 26, 2019
• City Sketch: Council finalizes climate emergency declaration

  The overarching goal of Hamilton's climate change emergency declaration is to achieve zero carbon emissions before 2050.

  Politics

  Mar 28, 2019
• Guelph police issue public safety warning following 3 ‘cocaine’ overdoses over weekend

  The overdoses all had similar symptoms to those experienced by illicit drug users who have come into contact with powerful opioids.

  Canada

  Jan 21, 2019
• Ottawa deputy mayor ‘encouraged’ by Ford’s comments, minister turnout at municipalities event

  Ottawa city councillor and deputy mayor Mark Taylor said he is "encouraged" by how many provincial cabinet ministers are attending a major conference for municipalities.

  Politics

  Aug 20, 2018
• Edmonton safe injection sites see heavy traffic since opening

  The results are in for the first few month's of Edmonton's first supervised injection sites.

  Health

  Aug 14, 2018
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• Safe injection site proposal will go before Hamilton’s board of health

  Ward 1 Councillor Aidan Johnson says the best argument in favour of safe injection sites is that they "save lives."

  Health

  Nov 27, 2017
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• London police warn public after two drug seizures yield deadly carfentanil

  Test results from Health Canada confirmed carfentanil was found in two separate seizures dating back to August 25 and September 11.

  Health

  Nov 15, 2017