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Tony Trimingham was one of two speakers last night at a public forum at the Ottawa Public Library. He came all the way from Australia to talk about harm reduction programs, and to tell us about his son, Damien, who died of a heroin overdose twelve years ago at the age of 23. It was […] As you’ve probably heard, the funding for two residential drug treatment centres for youth was announced Tuesday – a 15-bed facility for English-speaking kids, and a 5-bed facility for French-speaking kids. Better than nothing, I suppose. But I predict the effects will be negligible. Most of the addicts I see would not qualify for treatment […] InSite is the only supervised drug injection site in North America, and it’s located in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside. “Insite is supported by a broad range of organizations and individuals including the City of Vancouver, the Province of British Columbia, Vancouver Coastal Health, Premier Gordon Campbell, Minister David Emerson, Senator Larry Campbell, Vancouver Police Chief […] Mayor Larry keeps changing his blog in response to other bloggers’ criticisms of it. The How Do You Like My New Website? poll disappeared when it became obvious that people weren’t overwhelmed by the site. You might have missed the poll because it was only on the French site (but, oddly, only in English). Last […] Here’s the official photo of the people who showed up at today’s rally to keep the Portrait Gallery in Ottawa – click the image for a larger version. That’s me – very front row, very far left. Next to me is a blogger friend who I think might prefer to remain ‘ominous.’ I was so pleased […] Ottawa’s drug problem has been getting a fresh surge of attention lately. Between the W-FIVE piece last week entitled Capital Shame, the controversy about expanding the harm reduction programs, and our Medical Officer of Health, David Salisbury, resigning, we’re in the spotlight. I went to a public meeting at City Hall about the drug problem […] Darren McEwen, of the Apply Liberally blog, has created a YouTube video summarizing the recent events involving his blog, the Mayor’s son, the Mayor, the CBC reporter, and the recording device that reportedly stymied the high tech mayor. The mayor seems a little tightly wrapped these days, eh? Bob from Flacklife lists some of the lowlights of Larry O’Brien’s career as mayor today, finishing up with the Mayor’s temper tantrum yesterday. It seems the Mayor’s grown son, Michael, was poking around in the blogosphere and didn’t like some of the things he read about […] The Centeretown News reports that a miscommunication has prevented any of the money from the Kindness Meters from reaching any of the charities that help homeless people. It seems Larry wanted to turn the giving of the money into a ceremonial photo op, but one of his staff people was sick for six weeks so everybody […] I heard on the news that City Council just voted down the proposed new Snow Tax, but they’re now looking at a property tax hike of as much as 7.7%. I would never rub the noses of those who voted for Mayor Larry in the mess he’s made, but it sure is tempting, eh? How […] |
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