Safe Injection Site Rally in Ottawa Focuses on Ottawa Public Health

Published April 11, 2014

Safe injection site rally in Ottawa focuses on Ottawa Public Health — Calling on the City of Ottawa to endorse a supervised injection site for drug users, about 100 protesters gathered on the steps of Parliament Hill Sunday aft…

Protesters rally at Hill to call for supervised injection site in Ottawa
Ottawa advocacy group Campaign for Safer Consumption Sites says a facility similar to Vancouver's Insite clinic would reduce overdoses and infectious diseases, as well as refer drug users to addictions services. In 2011, the Supreme Court of Canada …
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Brazeau's two-year downward spiral
Nov 5, 2013: Brazeau says, “It is very important that you know that I am not a thief, a scammer, a drunken Indian, a drug addict, a failed experiment or a human tragedy,”. Dec. 11, 2013: Brazeau gets a job as a Parliament Hill reporter for a Halifax …
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Fond memories and tributes pour in for Jim Flaherty.
After Ford publicly confessed to using crack cocaine, Flaherty called him a friend, and, near tears, said he hoped he could help. When fellow MP Jason Kenney was critical of Ford's drug use, Flaherty reportedly lashed out at him on the floor of the …
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