Guy Felicella

• Vancouver won’t renew lease for controversial, ‘life-saving’ overdose prevention site

  The decision was as a result of "concerns from the community" about "negative impacts" outside the Seymour Street facility, according to Coun. Peter Meiszner.

  Health

  Jul 24, 2023
  
• Advocates propose paying most vulnerable $20/day to enter drug treatment

  The $600 per month would go into people’s pockets and not towards food or accommodation costs, giving them something to work with when they leave treatment and attempt recovery.

  Canada

  Dec 31, 2022
  
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• ‘The same sadness and more lives lost’: Frontline workers reflect on 5 years of B.C.’s overdose crisis

  Since 2016 more than 7,000 people have died of an overdose. One harm reduction advocate says "these deaths are "preventable."

  Health

  Apr 14, 2021
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• ‘I’ve been brought back to life six times’: How a B.C. man escaped the Downtown Eastside alive

  "If I fell down, I was going to get back up": Guy Felicella battled addiction for decades on Vancouver's Downtown Eastside and won.

  Health

  Aug 10, 2020