Nanaimo, BC, Councillor’s Motion Proposes Asking for Closure of Safe Injection Site

Nanaimo, BC, Councillor’s Motion Proposes Asking for Closure of Safe Injection Site
A view of the Safe Injection Room in the Moss Park Consumption and Treatment Service in Toronto on Aug. 26, 2024. The Canadian Press/Chris Young
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A city councillor in Nanaimo, B.C., is expected to push the city to reach out to a B.C. health authority in a bid to close the overdose prevention site next to city hall.

The agenda for Monday’s council meeting says Coun. Ian Thorpe will bring forward a motion, asking council to “formally request” that Island Health close the supervised drug consumption site on Albert Street.