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November 2, 2023

Neighbours fight St. Felix Centre’s respite centre

Members of a downtown Toronto neighbourhood protest in front of a building that is to house a respite centre run by the St. Felix Centre.

A new respite centre to be run by the St. Felix Centre in downtown Toronto is facing strong opposition from community stakeholders.

Published in Canada
October 25, 2023

Safe-injection site slated for former Catholic house

Safe-injection site slated for former Catholic house

Benedict Labre House, a Montreal non-profit that was once a Catholic “house of hospitality,” is at the centre of controversy over plans to operate a novel form of supervised injection site (SIS) at its new centre meters from a day-care and elementary school.

Published in Canada
April 21, 2012

The moral debate around safe injection drug sites

As many as 18 per cent of addicts admit to reusing needles that have been used by someone else.

TORONTO - There are 9,000 injection drug users in Toronto and another 3,000 in Ottawa. They face arrest all the time. Many addicts live in neighbourhoods with a concentration of counselling and detox facilities. The federal government has launched anti-drug subway posters to combat the problem.

Chances are there will still be 12,000 injection drug users in Ontario’s two biggest cities next year and the year after that.

Published in Features