Safe Consumption Site

• Winnipeg business owner concerned about impact of proposed safe consumption site

  The Manitoba government is planning community meetings this week about another potential location for a supervised drug consumption site.

  Politics

  Dec 8, 2025
  
• Manitoba informs residents of revised location for supervised drug consumption site

  The Manitoba government appears to have chosen a new location for its proposed supervised drug consumption site.

  Health

  Dec 5, 2025
  
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• Inside the final days of a safe consumption site in Toronto

  Now he's on methadone and no longer craves the opioid, but will sporadically get high on crystal meth. For that, he goes to a supervised consumption site. 

  Canada

  Apr 11, 2025
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• Poilievre ‘perpetuating myths’ about supervised consumption sites: Prairie Harm Reduction

  Prairie Harm Reduction is responding to federal Opposition Leader Pierre Poilievre's comments on supervised consumption sites, arguing they're not based on research.

  Health

  Jul 30, 2024
• ‘We need more spaces’: Regina reacts to proposed North Central emergency shelter

  Regina city council is considering a location on 1420 and 1440 Albert Street for a new emergency shelter. It would be located just north of Dewdney Avenue.

  Canada

  Jun 10, 2024
• Controversial Saint-Henri safe drug consumption site set to open

  A transitional housing project and safe drug consumption site will open near a school in the Saint-Henri borough. While officials welcome the project, residents are resisting it.

  Canada

  Apr 11, 2024
• Councillor claims politics at play in Richmond, B.C. drug site furor

  Councillors voted to explore the idea of a safe consumption site in Richmond, but health officials say the concept is a non-starter.

  Politics

  Feb 15, 2024
• No ‘stand-alone’ drug consumption site coming to Richmond, health officials say

  Following two nights of heated hearings, councillors voted 7-2  Tuesday evening in favour of considering a supervised drug consumption site at the city's hospital.

  Health

  Feb 14, 2024
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• Richmond council meeting on proposed safe drug consumption site gets heated

  If created, the site would provide people with a safe place to use substances in Richmond, B.C., and connect them with treatment or counselling services.

  Health

  Feb 12, 2024
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• First supervised injection site in North America marks 20th anniversary in Vancouver

  Unregulated drug toxicity is the leading cause of death in B.C. for people between 10 and 59, according to the BC Coroners Service.

  Health

  Sep 14, 2023