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Background: London InterCommunity Health Centre (LIHC) launched a safer opioid supply (SOS) program in 2016, where clients are prescribed pharmaceutical opioids and provided with comprehensive health and social supports. We sought to evaluate the impact of this program on health services utilization and health care costs. Methods: We conducted an interrupted time series analysis of London, Ontario, residents who received a diagnosis of opioid use disorder (OUD) and who entered the SOS program between January 2016 and March 2019, and a comparison group of individuals matched on demographic and ...

RVH is teaming up with RBC to go the distance for child and youth mental health as part of the RBC Race for the Kids on Oct. 16 and 17.

Harm-reduction advocates and front-line workers in Thunder Bay, Ont., one of the communities hit hardest by Canada's drug overdose crisis, welcome a new program to help people access safe opioids and "wraparound" supports. The pilot project, funded by Health Canada, is among 17 offering or evaluating safer supply programs across the country.

NorWest Community Health Centres has received $1.5 million to launch a safe supply program intended to reduce opioid overdoses in Thunder Bay.

Municipal offices and most services will be closed Monday for Labour Day.