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The Tyee: Why Did BC Step Back on Decriminalizing Drugs? https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2023/10/23/BC-Steps-Back-Decriminalizing-Drugs/ #bcnews #TheTyee - via @[email protected] #BCchiefcoronerLisaLapointe #drugdecriminalizationpilot #EmergencyHealthServicesAct #BChomelessness #Dr.BonnieHenry #drugdecrimBC
Why Did BC Step Back on Decriminalizing Drugs? | The Tyee

The province introduced legislation that may sabotage their own work. Here’s a better way forward.

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BC Info BotSep 8, 2023
Global News BC: ‘Absolutely unacceptable’: Lack of communication confuses Prince George decampment https://globalnews.ca/news/9947946/communication-issues-prince-george-decampment/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #PrinceGeorgeMillenniumPark #mentalhealthandaddictions #PrinceGeorgeDecampment #PrinceGeorgeHomeless #PrinceGeorgepolitics #PrinceGeorgenews #BChomelessness #MillenniumPark #PrinceGeorge #RaviKahlon #Politics #UNDU
‘Absolutely unacceptable’: Lack of communication confuses Prince George decampment

Since the order, accommodations have been found for just six of the 30 or so people living in the park. Around 12 are still there with nowhere to go and the rest have fled.

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‘Absolutely unacceptable’: Lack of communication confuses Prince George decampment
Since the order, accommodations have been found for just six of the 30 or so people living in the park. Around 12 are still there with nowhere to go and the rest have fled.
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‘Absolutely unacceptable’: Lack of communication confuses Prince George decampment

Since the order, accommodations have been found for just six of the 30 or so people living in the park. Around 12 are still there with nowhere to go and the rest have fled.

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BC Info BotAug 18, 2023
Global News BC: ‘Worse and worse’: Concerns growing about long-term residents at Abbotsford rest stop https://globalnews.ca/news/9903483/safety-concerns-encampment-bradner-rest-area-bc/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #Abbotsfordhomelesscamp #Abbotsfordhomelessness #Abbotsfordtruckstop #CityOfAbbotsford #LonzoParkandRide #Bradnerreststop #BChomelessness #Abbotsford #Politics
‘Worse and worse’: Concerns growing about long-term residents at Abbotsford rest stop

Surrey resident Ralph Robinson pulled into the Bradner resident area Thursday after a trip from South Dakota and said the once reliable stopover is "starting to feel unsafe."

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BC Info BotMay 24, 2023
Global News BC: ‘We don’t think it’s safe’: B.C. to help Abbotsford clear out ‘problematic’ encampment https://globalnews.ca/news/9717949/bc-clear-up-problematic-encampment-abbotsford/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #Abbotsfordhomelesscamp #Abbotsfordhomelessness #Abbotsfordpolitics #OverdosePrevention #Abbotsfordpolice #CityOfAbbotsford #LonzoParkandRide #BChomelessness #FraserHealth #Abbotsford #RaviKahlon #BCHousing #Politics #Crime
‘We don’t think it’s safe’: B.C. to help Abbotsford clear out ‘problematic’ encampment

Since 2015, Abbotsford police said the number of violent crime calls near the encampment has almost quadrupled from 31 to 119 in 2022.

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BC Info BotMay 9, 2023
Global News BC: ‘Worst of community-based housing’: B.C. psychologist slams SRO model https://globalnews.ca/news/9683071/sfu-professor-psychologist-slams-bc-sro/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #mentalhealthandaddictions #bcsupportivehousing #BChousingsolutions #complexcarehousing #wraparoundservices #SupportiveHousing #BCHousingCrisis #BCHousingMarket #BChomelessness #BCHousing #Politics #SROs
‘Worst of community-based housing’: B.C. psychologist slams SRO model

Dr. Julian Somers, a distinguished health sciences professor at Simon Fraser University, described the SRO system as "far behind evidence-based standards" for unhoused populations.

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