Securing the 220 Simcoe St. location means that community partners can now apply to host a safe Consumptions and Treatment Services site there.

The team will be compromised of two addiction case managers, a peer support individual from PARN, and a paramedic, thanks to a federal cash.

Peterborough police Deputy Chief Tim Farquharson says two more opioid overdose deaths occurred in the city two weeks ago.

Kim Dolan served 13 years as executive director of PARN.

According to PARN executive director Kim Dolan, the city needs such a facility, but there are many challenges that come with setting one up, including finding a location.

The Downtown Business Improvement Area is partnering with Peterborough Public Health and PARN to provide naloxone kits at no cost to downtown businesses.

The poster contained slurs connecting the LGBTQ2 community with HIV and drug use.

Two local organizations that help the homeless and poor say that since last July, there have been 50 suspected overdoses at their facilities.

Go out to dinner on Wednesday, May 1 and 25 per cent of the bill will go towards helping men and women with AIDS/HIV.

Artist Alex Bierk has lost friends to opioid overdoses and wants to address the crisis through his art.