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CPHA - ACSP @cpha-acsp.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

Just launched! CPHA’s 2025 federal election factsheets are here. Get informed. Ask tough questions. Raise the bar for public health in Canada. www.cpha.ca/election-2025 #PublicHealthMatters #elxn45

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HIV Legal Network @hivlegalnetwork.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

A constitutional challenge being heard today, brought forward by @tngcommunityto.bsky.social and two individual Applicants, will determine whether a number of life-saving supervised consumption sites in the province can continue to operate past the end of this month.

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André Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

Two Saskatoon libraries temporarily close because of rampant drug use and violence. Staff have responded to 48 overdoses so far in 2025, double the number in the same period last year. theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... via @theglobeandmail.com

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Two Saskatoon libraries temporarily close due to increase in drug use and violence

Saskatoon Public Library has said it can’t serve as a refuge for people who require addictions support and medical emergencies

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Corey Ranger @nurseranger.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

“There was a total of 49,105 apparent opioid toxicity deaths reported between January 2016 and June 2024” We have well surpassed 50,000 drug poisoning deaths in Canada since 2016. health-infobase.canada.ca/substance-re...

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Key findings: Opioid- and Stimulant-related Harms in Canada — Canada.ca

The most recent available data on overdoses and deaths involving opioids and/or stimulants from January 2016 to June 2024 in Canada, where available.

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Substance Use Health Network (SUHN - formerly NSSCoP) @nsscop-suhn.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

Thursday! Michelle and Lucas will discuss findings from their respective research studies and Andrew will provide his thoughts from the perspective of a physician who provides care to people who use drugs. A discussion will follow. Registration link is at Upcoming Events on our website.

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Substance Use Health Network (SUHN - formerly NSSCoP) @nsscop-suhn.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Hot Topic Webinar: Rebuilding Workplace Substance Use Policy Using a Harm Reduction Lens Thurs Nov 22nd at 2 pm ET More info and registration: ca01web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... @byronwood.bsky.social @nurseranger.bsky.social @wesup.bsky.social

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Workers for Ethical Substance Use Policy @wesup.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

📣 Webinar Nov. 21, 2024: ⚒️ Rebuilding Workplace Substance Use Policy Using a Harm Reduction Lens. Zoom: ca01web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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Haymarket Books @haymarketbooks.org · 09/11/2024

For the next two weeks, we’re offering ten free ebooks for getting free Another world is possible if we fight for it www.haymarketbooks.org/blogs/517-te...

Ten book covers: How We Get Free, Hope in the Dark, Freedom is a Constant Struggle, Palestine in a World on Fire, Let This Radicalize you, Socialism... Seriously, The Black Antifascist Tradition, Elite Capture, Class Struggle Unionism, and Unbuild Walls. More details at the included link.

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