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Health

As Ontario restricts supervised consumption, can ‘HART Hubs’ fill the gap?

Ontario’s decision to ban supervised drug consumption sites near schools and child-care centres came with a commitment to fund a…

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Health

Ontario needs holistic approach to drug treatment amid consumption site closures, doctor says

The Current19:40People will die if safe consumption sites close, warns advocate Dr. Sharon Koivu says a decision by the Ontario…

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Health

Thunder Bay’s only safe drug consumption site to close in wake of Ontario move, raising fears of more deaths

Advocates in Thunder Bay say the Ontario government’s move to close a number of safe consumption sites (SCS) will be…

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Health

Ontario bans drug consumption sites near schools, child-care centres

Ontario has banned supervised drug consumption sites within 200 metres of schools and child-care centres. Ten facilities across the province will…

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Health

Inhalation rooms in safe consumption sites could save lives, Alberta advocates say

Alberta’s seven supervised consumption sites lack something advocates say would save lives — a room where users can inhale drugs,…

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Health

Manitoba government offered plan for Indigenous-led supervised consumption site in Winnipeg

The province says it’s considering a community proposal for an Indigenous-led supervised consumption site in downtown Winnipeg. The coalition behind…

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Health

B.C. asks appeal court to reconsider decision allowing drug consumption in public spaces

B.C.’s attorney general is appealing a court decision that put the brakes on the province’s plans to crack down on…

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Canada

B.C. Supreme Court pauses legislation banning drug consumption in public spaces, citing ‘irreparable harm’

The B.C. NDP government’s legislation to ban all drug use in a wide range of public spaces has been suspended…

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Lifestyle

More plant-based meat consumption can drastically reduce emissions

THORNTON, COLO. — Lars Obendorfer says he was “badly insulted” after he first began offering vegan sausage at his stands,…

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Politics

Senator, Liberal MP move to ban export of live horses for human consumption

From behind a fence at Winnipeg’s airport, Kaitlyn Mitchell watched horses arrive for a journey across the world by plane…

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