Report indicates a process is being expedited to address the situation temporarily.

Committee of the whole wants staff to look for buildings or lands to use on interim basis.

Representatives from supporting agencies explain why they believe a new facility, proposed to be adjacent to qathet General Hospital, is needed.

Facility had 54, 242 visits in 2024, helping reduce the number of drug related deaths locally.

Community Action Team coordinator spells out initiatives related to the overdose crisis in the qathet region.

“We’re not the only rural community that has been hit hard but we are high on the list..."

Five locations were set up to survey people experiencing homelessness.

Lift Community Services is seeking items for homeless people once emergency shelter closes.

Survey will take place on March 7th at Powell River Public Library and the Community Resource Centre as follow-up to the 2023 count.

"I can tell you that we lose people every single month [...] we continue to be one of the more impacted communities in our region.”

“Decriminalization is a good step in the right direction, but we still have a long way to go in terms of breaking down stigma."

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The study believed to be the first of its kind, focused on experiences and perceptions of local people who use drugs and how social and structural contexts in a rural setting shape their day-to-day lives.

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