43 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

3 d. 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.

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3 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

6 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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6 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.

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6 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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8 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

8 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 […]

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8 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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9 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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9 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

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.

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2 w. ago London Catholic school trustee on conference at casino: No, thanks

The chair of the London District Catholic school board says he has declined an invitation to a conference at a Southwestern Ontario casino’s hotel this spring. Hosted by Ontario Catholic Supervisory Officers’ Association, the conference is being held May 14 to 16 at Caesars Windsor hotel. “If it’s a trustees’ conference without professional development, I […]

Society

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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