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Peter Jennings Schweizer, retired banking official and an Alcoholics Anonymous sponsor, dies capitalgazette.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from capitalgazette.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Article content Over the past weeks, much debate has surrounded the City of Vancouverâs plan to seek a federal exemption to decriminalize personal possession of illegal drugs. On the one hand, organizations representing people who use substances have raised concerns about the proposed amounts of drugs individuals would be able to possess under the exemption and the importance of access to a safe supply of pharmaceutical drugs for people who will remain at risk of overdose. Alternatively, others have rejected the basic premise that we should provide a safe supply or even Opioid Agonist Therapy â an evidence-based treatment for opioid addiction â to people struggling with substance use.
(Zbynek Burival/Unsplash) Editor s Note: EarthBeat Weekly is your weekly newsletter about faith and climate change. Below is the June 4 edition. To receive EarthBeat Weekly in your inbox, sign up here. This week, NCR environment correspondent Brian Roewe reported on activist shareholders who on a single day in late May sent a strong message to major oil companies: They won three seats on ExxonMobil s board of directors and gave majority support to a resolution requiring Chevron Corporation to increase its greenhouse gas emission cuts. On the same day, a Dutch court ordered Royal Dutch Shell to bring its emissions into line with global targets under the Paris Agreement.
Engine No. 1 owns just 0.02% of ExxonMobil. But it got at least two activist members onto the ExxonMobil board, to help steer the oil giant away from fossil fuels.
Drug user groups and others concerned about Vancouver's decriminalization plans theglobeandmail.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from theglobeandmail.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
People caught with three days worth of illicit drugs won't face criminal charges under City of Vancouver proposal theglobeandmail.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from theglobeandmail.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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Vancouver fire captain appointed to permanent position leading overdose response team cbc.ca - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from cbc.ca Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
VANCOUVER The Drug Overdose Response Team, a joint initiative of Vancouver Coastal Health and Vancouver Fire Rescue Services, has been operating as a pilot project for 20 months and has connected more than 150 overdose patients to support services. Now, the city is making the project permanent. This health crisis doesn t know any borders,” says VFRS Capt. Jonathan Gormick, the newly named lead for the response team. “We connect with patients in every corner of the city. East Van, the downtown eastside, Shaughnessy, UBC. Everybody is affected by this. Gormick joined Vancouver Coastal Health chief medical health officer Patricia Daly and City of Vancouver Mayor Kennedy Stewart for a Zoom news conference about the program on Wednesday.