All NPA Vancouver city councillors voted against the site at Helmcken and Seymour.

Saskatchewan's first safe consumption site opened quietly on Thursday morning in Saskatoon, the front door frequented by camera crews, but few clients.

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

According to Quebec's public health institute, fentanyl was detected in 11 per cent of deaths caused by an opioid overdose between January 2019 and March 2020.

AIDS Saskatoon said the city is in dire need of a safe consumption site, and is set to open this year despite a lack of provincial funding.

A board trustee said he was concerned about the proximity of the drug injection site to a school.

A solution to two problems for Hamilton's vulnerable residents has been found — the city has secured a site to house Consumption & Treatment Services.

The letter comes less than a week after an appeal against the rezoning of 446 York St. was shot down by a provincial tribunal.

Patty Will and Wade LeCaine founded Queen City Patrol to help clean up needles in Regina.

Saskatchewan Health Minister Jim Reiter said funding for a supervised drug consumption site in Saskatoon will be part of the province’s 2020 budget deliberations.