Background On 31 January 2023, the province of British Columbia (BC), Canada implemented a three-year “Decriminalization Pilot” in response to a toxic drug supply public health emergency, which remove...

Hi, everyone, I'm riding my bike and fundraising to help Main Street Project support our community members this winter because I believe in the power of community and compassion. Every ride I take and...

A Winnipeg outreach organization is worried a recent bust that swept off hundreds of kilograms of controlled substances from the streets left a gap in the drug supply that could put more people at ris...

The overdoses never seem to stop. Neither does the toll on the people responding to them.

Dozens of Winnipeggers who have experienced homelessness will soon move into a new "deeply affordable" housing building with built-in supports in Winnipeg's Spence neighbourhood.

A unique Manitoba business-led enterprise created to invest in​ affordable housing has completed its first project, helping to launch a 23-unit building in Winnipeg’s inner city.

The people who will be responsible for operating Manitoba’s first supervised drug consumption site are urging the community to keep an open mind about the politically charged facility, promising round-the-clock security and zero tolerance for drug dealers.

Front-line workers want the provincial government to declare a public health emergency after they say there’s been a surge in overdose deaths this spring. At least five people have died of drug toxici...

People love John Samson Fellows’s music. He doesn’t want to make it anymore.

Basing decisions about the future of overdose prevention sites on a single, inconclusive study puts lives at risk.

"No other sites shutting down," Recovery Alberta leaders told staff in late 2024, as the Red Deer site closure was announced. A year later, the Royal Alex Hospital site was closed. New documents revea...

Even as British Columbia’s Ministry of Health was caving to right-wing panic over “diversion” of safe supply drugs, its public ...

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It’s been six days since a fire ripped through the Manwin Hotel. The neighbouring Main Street Project was forced to evacuate and scatter roughly 150 people, and the building itself sustained limited d...

The Fifth Estate is reporting that two federally commissioned expert reviews provided unanimous support for rapidly scaling up safe supply, including compassion clubs, but the government silenced the ...

In drug overdoses, it provides immunity from charges for simple possession and extends to subsequent searches and arrests

Collaboration, compassion and a clear sense of purpose among non-profit agencies and government recently moved more than 30 people out of homeless encampments and into supportive housing

As the City of Winnipeg appears poised to implement new rules that target people who live in encampments, questions should be raised about who — if anyone — will be safer as a result. Winnipeg city co...

Ryan knew he had been, by his own admission, “an asshole.” A heated argument the day before had left the 41-year-old full of regret. This time, he thought, he’d gone too far. An eviction notice felt i...

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The Main Street Project was recently awarded the City of Winnipeg's only mobile outreach contract...

Two long-form articles in national news outlets are promoting the BC government's "secure care" policy the same week that the government faces a pivotal legal challenge on its expansive interpretation...

When my kids were younger, during pre-COVID times, I used to put little life-jackets on them and we’d head from West Broadway down to the little park beside the Granite Curling Club, fishing rods in h...

Province announces $6.4M for 67 units — some already in use — as part of homeless plan

Laura Jane grace has released a new track. "Active Trauma" is off Adventure Club out July 18. You can hear the tune below....

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Hi, everyone, I'm walking and fundraising to help Main Street Project support our community members this winter because I believe in the power of community and compassion. Every step I take and every ...

Hi, everyone, I'm walking and fundraising to help Main Street Project support our community members this winter because I believe in the power of community and compassion. Every step I take and every ...