2 w. ago Ontario judge seeking clarity on facts in supervised consumption site legal challenge

TORONTO — The Ontario judge overseeing the legal challenge of the province’s ban on supervised consumption sites that are within 200 metres of schools and daycares says he’s concerned he does not have all the facts to decide the case. Justice John Callaghan says he recalled the lawyers unexpectedly to try to figure out some […]

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2 w. ago Ontario judge recalls lawyers in supervised consumption site case

An Ontario judge has asked lawyers to return to court in the challenge to a new provincial law that bans supervised consumption sites within 200 metres of schools or daycares.

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3 w. 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.

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3 w. 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 w. 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.'

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3 w. 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 […]

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4 w. 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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4 w. 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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4 w. 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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4 w. 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

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4 w. 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.

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4 w. ago Hudson's Bay restructuring meeting interrupted by the most embarrassing thing

A court hearing over Hudson’s Bay's last-ditch restructuring plans quickly ended up getting NSFW.As reported by The Star, the public Zoom call for the Wednesday hearing was interrupted within the first hour by multiple windows containing pornographic videos.It took about 15 seconds for the videos to be removed. Ontario Superior Court Justice Peter Osborne then ordered the Zoom link to be closed off to anyone who wasn’t one of the parties involved with the proceeding. It’s unclear who started the porn playback.Even without the porn videos, though, Hudson’s Bay has been in a really sticky situation. Earlier this month, the company began liquidating all but six of its stores after filing for creditor protection over being nearly $1 billion in debt.The company is proposing a restructuring plan that keeps the six remaining stores thanks to senior secured lenders Bank of America, Pathlight Capital and Restore Capital. However, Hudson's ...

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