B.C. government pauses moving overdose prevention site in downtown Vancouver
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The provincial government has backed off from the location of an overdose prevention site in Vancouver. Earlier this month, Vancouver Coastal Health announced that downtown Vancouver’s only overdose prevention site has been moved to a new location due to public safety concerns. After a temporary closure of the Thomas Donaghy Overdose Prevention Site (OPS), it was to be relocated to Helmcken Street. However, B.C.’s Health Minister, Josie Osborne, said she, along with Terry Yung, Minister of State for Community Safety and Integrated Services and MLA for Vancouver-Yaletown, have heard concerns fr…
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May 28, 2026