20 h. ago Downtown Guelph welcomes Homelessness and Addiction Recovery Treatment Hub

The HART Hub in downtown Guelph is one of nine sites in Ontario that transitioned from a supervised consumption site to a government-approved service hub on Tuesday.

Economics

54 h. ago Nine supervised consumption sites in Ontario switch to addiction recovery hubs

The 10 supervised consumption sites located near schools and daycares were given a short-term reprieve to stay open last week. Nine of them have closed regardless.

Other

68 h. ago Somerset West supervised consumption site closes, despite court injunction

'Our goal has always been to work with the province to ensure we have the funding to provide critical life-saving services in our community.'

Other

2 d. ago Nine Ontario supervised drug consumption sites to close despite injunction, minister says

The Ontario provincial government says nine supervised consumption sites will close Tuesday as planned, despite a recent court injunction allowing them to remain open temporarily. The office of Health Minister Sylvia Jones says nine sites that applied for funding to transition into government-approved service hubs will proceed with those plans. The Ontario Superior Court of […]

Politics

5 d. ago Ontario judge grants injunction to keep supervised consumption sites open for now

A Superior Court justice says all sites slated to close under the new law by April 1 can remain open until 30 days after he decides the case.

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5 d. ago Ontario judge grants injunction to keep consumption sites open for now

Superior Court Justice John Callaghan says all sites slated to close under the new law by April 1 can remain open until 30 days after he decides the case.

Other

5 d. ago Ontario supervised consumption sites get reprieve through injunction

Advocates have been making their case in court this week against impending closure as a result of a law passed by the Ford government late last year.

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6 d. ago ‘Remove politics’: Gondek asks Smith for ‘joint working group’ on supervised drug site

City and provincial officials continue to trade barbs over the fate of the Sheldon Chumir Centre

Politics

6 d. ago Calgary accuses Alberta government of inaction on future of drug

Calgary Mayor Jyoti Gondek is calling on the provincial government to work with the city to find a solution to concerns about the Sheldon Chumir Supervised Consumption Site.

Politics

7 d. ago Prairie Harm Reduction calls government response to overdose crisis ‘inadequate’

Despite the province saying support is on the way for Prairie Harm Reduction, Saskatoon's safe drug consumption site says they are yet to receive any help.

Politics

7 d. ago Saskatoon hit with drug crisis with hundreds of overdose calls in past month

SASKATOON, SASK. — The head of Saskatoon’s only safe consumption site says she saw the current drug crisis coming. Kayla DeMong, executive director of Prairie Harm Reduction, says that since January, staff at the facility have spent their days responding to drug overdoses, reviving four to six people at any given time. She said a […]

Other

7 d. ago It is ‘impossible’ to move supervised consumption sites under Ont. rules: advocates

A Toronto court heard arguments this week between supervised consumption site advocates and the Ontario government.

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8 d. ago Court hears Ontario consumption sites free to relocate contrary to past statements

Lawyers for the province say Ontario’s new law on supervised consumption sites does not ban them entirely and those deemed too close to schools and daycares are free to relocate farther away. That’s contrary to numerous public comments from Health Minister Sylvia Jones, who has said no supervised consumption sites will open after the closures […]

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8 d. ago Ontario consumption sites free to relocate, court hears, contrary to past statements

Lawyers for the province say Ontario's supervised consumption site law does not ban them entirely and those deemed too close to schools and daycares can relocate farther away.

Other

1 week ago Ontario court to hear Charter challenge on supervised consumption site law

An Ontario court will hear arguments Monday from a Toronto supervised consumption site challenging the legality of a new provincial law.

Culture

1 week ago Saskatoon safe consumption site temporarily closed as staff battle ‘trauma’

Prairie Harm Reduction said the trauma from responding to overdoses every day is becoming too much and staff need time to recover.

Events

2 w. ago Drug inhalation once on shortlist to fix supervised consumption sites in Ontario: docs

New documents reveal allowing supervised inhalation was among a shortlist of recommendations collated by the Ministry of Health last year.

Other

3 w. ago Expect more public drug use after closing of supervised consumption site, officials warn

After a supervised consumption site in Ottawa's Centretown closed, officials said public drug use is expected to increase.

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