Memories and Reflections of a Mental Health Worker on Vancouver’s DTES.

For decades, Canadian charities have funnelled taxpayer-subsidized funds to Israel. Some send money directly to support State activities, including illegal settlements and military operations. Others ...

At the East Hampton International Overdose Awareness Vigil, community members, families and elected officials urged broader naloxone access, more funding for treatment and an end to stigma toward people with substance use disorders.

DOH said a second program in its slide deck targets expansion of harm reduction services for priority populations—communities of color, LGBTQ+ people, veterans and others disproportionately affected by substance use—so services are more responsive and appropriate.

22 drug-related deaths in West Kootenay during first half of 2026

A group of Western University medical students is asking the city to put more money into social health and housing programs, following the province’s decision to defund supervised consumption sites ac...

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Supervised consumption sites save lives

Ontario's surprise decision to stop funding supervised consumption sites resulting in their closure will leave a gaping hole that will put people's lives at risk, according to the operators of London'...

Colombia's capital has South America’s only supervised room for drug use, aimed at reducing harm and preventing overdoses and now a topic of the International Conference on Harm Reduction, which has b...

Inside an unmarked room in a modest Bogotá district, people openly inject heroin under the cautious gaze of trained staff. This pioneering Colombian supervised facility signals a groundbreaking effort...

The Trump administration has named overdose prevention among its top drug policy priorities, but a preliminary budget proposal that was recently leaked suggests that it would cut about two dozen subst...

A trial for a waste needle bin in a Belfast city centre car park will be voted on at council on Thursday.

Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim had a clear focus at a press conference on Wednesday morning addressing mental health care in the city.

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As manager at Vancouver’s Overdose Prevention Society, he helped people schedule medical appointments and find housing – and reversed hundreds of overdoses and trained others to do the same

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As manager at Vancouver’s Overdose Prevention Society, he helped people schedule medical appointments and find housing, and reversed hundreds of overdoses and trained others to do the same

Manitoba’s addictions minister told a public meeting that a final decision hasn’t been made about a location for a supervised injection site, despite a pending application with the federal government....

Manitoba’s addictions minister told a public meeting that a final decision hasn’t been made about a location for a supervised injection site, despite a pending application with the federal government....

The Parkdale Queen West Community Health Centre's two supervised consumption sites closed last week, in light of a new provincial law. In the final days of the Queen Street site, clients and staff sai...

Plans announced by Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre to shutter what he called 'drug dens' would almost certainly increase Canada’s death toll from preventable overdoses, according to a researcher ...

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As Ontario seeks to close half of its supervised drug-use sites, The Globe spoke with the clients and staff who may lose their places of support

The Ontario provincial government says nine supervised consumption sites will close Tuesday as planned, despite a recent court injunction allowing them to remain open temporarily.

Nine supervised consumption sites in Ontario including one in Brampton will close on Tuesday as planned, despite a recent court injunction allowing them to remain open temporarily.

Two people died a little over an hour apart in Victoria on Monday, Victoria police and the B.C. Coroners Service have confirmed

The guidance from Dr. Daniel Vigo, B.C.'s first chief scientific adviser for psychiatry, is aimed at helping clinicians and others decide when involuntary admission is appropriate for people with both...