City staff to look at Barbara Hall Park after concerns raised over violence, vandalism
A small park in downtown Toronto has divided residents with some saying it has become unsafe, citing drug use, violence and vandalism — and city staff will now be asked to look at solutions, including possibly closing the park at night.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/barbara-hall-park-economic-and-community-development-committee-9.7229476?cmp=rss

Community safety hosts join Gordon Bell High School in bid to improve security
A Winnipeg school grappling with concerns around open drug use and homelessness near the site has brought two community safety hosts — a type of security guard — on board.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/community-safety-hosts-gordon-bell-9.7227965?cmp=rss

Meet the ‘hit doctor’: Inside an informal network of drug users trying to stay alive
Amid the ongoing toxic drug crisis, an informal network of support has emerged among drug users. Part of this network are individuals referred to by their clients as “doctors” — everyday people with no formal medical training — who offer to inject people for a small fee.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/inside-an-informal-network-of-drug-users-trying-to-stay-alive-9.7225457?cmp=rss

N.S. seeing an increase in teens with long-lasting psychosis due to high-potency cannabis
Clinicians at Halifax's IWK Health Centre say more young patients are arriving with severe symptoms tied to high-potency cannabis — and their symptoms are taking much longer to clear, even after they stop using the drug.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/teens-long-lasting-psychosis-due-to-high-potency-cannabis-9.7216386?cmp=rss

N.S. seeing an increase in teens with long-lasting psychosis due to high-potency cannabis
Clinicians at Halifax's IWK Health Centre say more young patients are arriving with severe symptoms tied to high-potency cannabis — and their symptoms are taking much longer to clear, even after they stop using the drug.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/teens-long-lasting-psychosis-due-to-high-potency-cannabis-9.7216386?cmp=rss

Guelph's city hall to no longer be used as overnight warming or cooling space
Guelph will no longer open city hall for overnight stays during extreme weather events. The move comes after staff reported it was too difficult to manage the number of people coming in and there were problems with damage to washrooms, open drug use and sexual behaviours in the ...
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/guelph-city-hall-not-overnight-warming-cooling-centre-extreme-weather-9.7215347?cmp=rss

Province says it won't support 'safer use space' in Windsor Arena tiny home concept
An unsupervised space providing drug use supplies could be a part of the city’s concept for a “pod-style” village of tiny homes inside the former Windsor arena.
But not if the province has anything to say about it.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/windsor-arena-tiny-house-safer-use-space-opposition-9.7215706?cmp=rss

As clock ticks down for Ontario consumption sites, users fear they won’t survive
For Riley Bisson, the unassuming one-storey house with a red brick exterior in Toronto's downtown core is more than just a place to safely use drugs.
#Politics #Ontariopolitics
https://globalnews.ca/news/11851121/ontario-consumption-sites/

As clock ticks down for Ontario consumption sites, users fear they won’t survive
For Riley Bisson, the unassuming one-storey house with a red brick exterior in Toronto's downtown core is more than just a place to safely use drugs.
#Politics #Ontariopolitics
https://globalnews.ca/news/11851121/ontario-consumption-sites/

As clock ticks down for Ontario consumption sites, users fear they won’t survive
For Riley Bisson, the unassuming one-storey house with a red brick exterior in Toronto's downtown core is more than just a place to safely use drugs.
#Politics #Ontariopolitics
https://globalnews.ca/news/11851121/ontario-consumption-sites/