ProPublica spoke to dozens of people who had lived in homeless encampments when cities cleared them out in “sweeps.”
We distributed notecards so people could tell us about the toll in their own words.
➡️ This is what they wrote: https://propub.li/4veRIqA
3. Widespread distribution of the overdose-reversing medication naloxone (3x from 2020-2024).
Public Health Agency of Canada: “All provinces with substantial naloxone distribution experienced notable mortality decline.”
New: PM Mark Carney announces that Ottawa and B.C. will each provide $100-million for new secondary school and modernized health care centre for Tumbler Ridge