Keith Gerein: Progressives tested by overdose site in south Edmonton
The proposal from Boyle Street Community Services is to establish a health hub and small overdose prevention site (OPS) in Old Strathcona.
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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 Edmonton's 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 agency's potential overdose prevention site.