Overview
- Provincial funding for the Parkdale Queen West Community Health Centre’s supervised consumption site ends Nov. 22, prompting a roughly 30‑day wind‑down.
- The health centre says the loss of the service will push people to use drugs in parks, washrooms and shelters and will raise risks for vulnerable residents.
- A spokesperson for Health Minister Sylvia Jones says the decision responds to reports of increased crime near the site.
- The government reports more than 10,000 people have accessed HART hub services since April 1 and plans to build 28 hubs across Ontario.
- Coroner data show 609 suspected drug-related deaths from April to June, down 11% from the previous quarter and 41% year over year, as a new 200‑metre school/daycare buffer led some sites, including a sister location, to transition to HART.