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Friday, November 10, 2017 8:45 AM
To provide potentially life-saving information to people who use drugs, a new drug-checking service is being tested in Vancouver – the first of its kind in Canada.
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Sunday, October 8, 2017 9:30 AM
Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing Selina Robinson and Minister of Social Development and Poverty Reduction Shane Simpson have issued the following joint statement in recognition of Homelessness Action Week, Oct. 8-14:
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Wednesday, October 4, 2017 2:45 PM
Judy Darcy, Minister of Mental Health and Addictions, issued the following statement today in response to the release of the Representative for Children and Youth’s report that investigated the suicide of a youth in 2015:
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Saturday, September 9, 2017 9:30 AM
Judy Darcy, Minister of Mental Health and Addictions, issued the following statement regarding the proclamation of Recovery Week in British Columbia, Sept. 3-9, 2017:
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Saturday, September 9, 2017 7:00 AM
Judy Darcy, Minister of Mental Health and Addictions, has issued the following statement regarding two days that help bring attention to suicide prevention: Benefit for Life Day for positive mental health on Sept. 9, followed by World Suicide Prevention Day on Sept. 10.
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Thursday, August 31, 2017 8:30 AM
Judy Darcy, Minister of Mental Health and Addictions, has issued the following statement regarding International Overdose Awareness Day, Aug. 31, 2017:
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Wednesday, August 16, 2017 11:01 AM
The stories of people taken by the overdose crisis come from every corner of the province. A forestry worker in the North who became addicted to painkillers for a workplace injury and then turned to street drugs. Friends celebrating after a wedding in the Interior. Suburban parents who left behind young children. Middle-aged men who were clean and sober for years.
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Tuesday, August 8, 2017 9:30 AM
The Province is providing $4.5 million to purchase the Super 8 motel, located at 1706 Main St., for supportive housing.
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Tuesday, August 1, 2017 1:45 PM
Last week I met Don, a carpenter who became addicted to painkillers after an injury he got on the job. He ended up on the streets, and says he was in and out of the hospital about 100 times over a period of four years.
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