Harm Reduction

• Manitoba’s first supervised consumption site opens in Winnipeg

  Manitoba's addictions minister says it's a special but bittersweet day as the province opens its first supervised consumption site in Winnipeg.

  Health

  Aug 11
  
• N.B. harm reduction workers warn of animal tranquillizers in illegal drug supply

  A spike in drug overdoses over the weekend in Moncton, N.B., has front-line workers across New Brunswick on high alert. 

  Canada

  Jun 5
  
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• ‘Safer snorting’ cocaine pamphlet distributed at Ontario high school

  The Canadian Mental Health Association says it regrets that 'unvetted materials' about cocaine use were distributed at an Ontario school during Mental Health Awareness Week. 

  Canada

  May 7
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• Alberta government ends use of My Recovery Plan app in the province

  The My Recovery Plan app was designed to be a health record software system, collecting the personal health data of people in recovery to track individual progress.

  Politics

  Aug 22, 2025
• Leadership changes in N.B. harm reduction sector

  Saint John harm reduction agency, Avenue B, has a new executive director at the helm, who says there is a need to expand their services in the new year. 

  Canada

  Jan 7, 2025
• Manitoba communities crack down on needle distribution, drug use

  'It has become quite an issue that we've witnessed in the past year or so,' Swan River mayor Lance Jacobson said.

  Health

  Sep 26, 2024
• Harm-reduction vending machines removed from Vancouver Island hospitals

  The machines dispensed a variety of free equipment, including naloxone kits, drug testing kits, injection kits, glass pipes, and safe sex supplies.

  Health

  Sep 12, 2024
• Fraser Health to offer free delivery of harm reduction supplies

  Fraser Health's new program to offer home delivery of harm reduction supplies aims to reduce deaths among people who don't use supervised drug consumption sites.

  Health

  Aug 12, 2024
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• Removal of safe supplies has made Saskatchewan’s addiction crisis worse, experts say

  Local experts in harm reduction services talk the after-effects of the province discontinuing its safe supply program where free and clean pipes were given to drug users.

  Canada

  Jun 26, 2024
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• Hamilton pilot adds safe use model in men’s shelters to fight opioid deaths

  Three Hamilton, Ont. agencies will finally get money from the city for a delayed pilot that plans to embed harm reduction staff and services into men’s shelters.

  Health

  Apr 18, 2024