Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim planned to introduce a motion Tuesday at city hall that aims to prevent a proposed overdose prevention site from opening its doors in June.
Vancouver Coastal Health has signed a lease with a property owner at 900 Helmcken St. to begin offering injection and inhalation services for drug users in June. The lease term begins June 1, and the health authority anticipates that services will be available soon afterwards.
Prior to Tuesday’s council meeting, Sim announced at an early morning news conference that he wanted to explore “every available tool available to us to pause or prevent the opening of this site, or any site
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