Supervised Consumption Site
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Development permit revoked for Boyle Street’s health hub in RitchieThe development permit for a health hub in west Ritchie that would include a supervised consumption site was revoked by Edmonton's subdivision and development appeal board.CrimeJun 5
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Premier’s office accused of interference in Richmond, B.C. drug site decisionA Richmond city councillor believes the province intervened improperly in a decision over whether to consider a safe drug consumption site at the community's hospital.PoliticsMay 29
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Ontario has a new supervised consumption site. Funding leaves its future in limboYears of rising overdose deaths in the Region of Peel prompted local officials to offer council headquarters as somewhere for people to use drugs safely.HealthMay 3
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Edmonton detox unit moving; supervised consumption site future unknownEdmonton city councillors have approved a rezoning application, allowing the George Spady Society to move its medically supported detoxification unit.CanadaFeb 20
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Richmond City Council votes in favour of drug consumption site motionThe City of Richmond cannot approve a supervised consumption site as that decision lies with Vancouver Coastal Health and Health Canada.PoliticsFeb 13
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Alberta government report on safe consumption ‘pseudoscience,’ says medical journalA paper in a prominent medical journal says the United Conservative-commissioned report is biased in three major ways, all of which distort its findings against such sites.CanadaNov 7, 2023
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Boyle Street loses Ritchie health hub permit due to accessibility requirementsThe building needs a ramp to be considered "universally accessible, and once a ramp is installed, Boyle Street said the project will be back on track.HealthJul 13, 2023
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Toxic drug crisis worsens in Barrie. Ont., plans for supervised consumption site stalledThe Simcoe Muskoka Direct Health Unit says deaths due to opioid poisoning in the City of Barrie remain about double what was tracked before the pandemicHealthJun 16, 2023
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Number of opioid deaths reported in Lethbridge increase in 2022: provincial dataAccording to Alberta substance use surveillance data — which is publicly available online — 79 people died of unintentional opioid poisoning in Lethbridge last year.HealthApr 14, 2023
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St. Thomas city council debates supervised drug consumption site, mayor shows hesitancyThere were a combined 90 opioid-related deaths in 2021 and 2022, according to the Southwestern Public Health Unit, up from a combined 44 opioid-related deaths in 2019 and 2020.CanadaMar 14, 2023
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