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A community sharps bin has been set up at the AIDS Committee of North Bay and Area.

Article content A new bin for people to drop off used sharps is now available on McIntyre Street in North Bay. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser. Community sharps bin installed in North Bay Back to video A statement Friday from Community Counselling Centre of Nipissing says the bin, located at 361 McIntyre St. E., is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The centre notes that only loose sharps, such as needles, or sharps in a puncture-proof container may be put in the bin. Garbage and other drug use equipment, such as wrappers, water and tou...

Article content Red has had a lot of “bad” overdoses, but his latest one, which took place last week in the bathroom at the North Bay Transit Terminal on Oak Street, was scary. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser. Overdoses, opioid-related deaths on rise in North Bay, Parry Sound Back to video Red, who only gave his first name, says he’s given countless doses of naloxone to his friends and has received just as many. His drug of choice is fentanyl. “I had to give my sister nine doses of naloxone during an overdose,” he says while eating a sa...