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Jun 4, 2026
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‘Not putting up with this’: VPD directing drug users to overdose prevention sites
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Article Excerpt
The province’s decision to pause the June opening of a planned overdose prevention site in downtown Vancouver after a landlord did not renew the lease on the previous permanent location earlier this year means taxpayers are on the hook for an empty building drug users say could have taken them off the streets. Following pushback from residents and businesses who claim they were not properly consulted, B.C. Health Minister Josie Osborne said on May 27 that Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) would not proceed with the overdose prevention site at 900 Helmcken Street at this time. RainCity’s lease for…
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