Health Canada Approves 2nd Drug Consumption Site in Saskatchewan

A woman prepares to inject herself with an unknown substance as a man sits in a wheelchair outside Insite, the supervised drug consumption site in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside on Feb. 21, 2017. The Canadian Press/Darryl Dyck

Health Canada has approved a second drug consumption site for Saskatchewan, the first in Regina.

Nēwo-Yōtina Friendship Centre, an Indigenous organization, says it has been approved to extend its operations after operating under an “urgent needs exemption” since 2021, according to a social media post by the centre.