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The Edmonton Subdivision and Development Appeal Board has revoked a permit for Boyle Street Community Services’ new health hub in Ritchie — but that doesn’t mean the overdose prevention site won’t ever open.

Letters to the editor, Edmonton Journal, Thursday, July 13, 2023

A group of residents concerned over a new health hub near Whyte Avenue that is seeking approval to create a supervised consumption site gathered signatures for a petition opposing the project.

Boyle Street Community Services is one step closer to operating a community health hub, including an overdose prevention site near Whyte Avenue in Edmonton.

The proposal from Boyle Street Community Services is to establish a health hub and small overdose prevention site (OPS) in Old Strathcona.

Boyle Street Community Services has acknowledged it has a lot of trust-building to do around Edmontons first potential overdose prevention services south of the river.

Boyle Street Community Services plans to open a health hub this spring in a former storefront one block south of Whyte Avenue near 101st Street. A community engagement session about the project was held Monday evening.

A Monday zoning hearing at city council impacting the Strathcona area of Ritchie was dominated by debate on a forthcoming social agencys potential overdose prevention site.