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Years of rising overdose deaths in the Region of Peel prompted local officials to offer council headquarters as somewhere for people to use drugs safely.
Supporters stage protest calling for provincial funding
Two weeks after council in Richmond, B.C., voted in favour of asking health authorities to look into the possibility of a supervised drug consumption site at the city's hospital, the mayor has said the city will no longer be seeking approval for such a facility. During a council meeting on Monday evening, Mayor Malcolm Brodie said the resolution made by council did not state the city would establish a consumption site, and that only Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) has the ability to do this, with
Richmond councillor Kash Heed speaks out against divisive politics in safe consumption site debate
Edmonton city councillors have approved a rezoning application, allowing the George Spady Society to move its medically supported detoxification unit.