Nova Scotia's second overdose prevention site opened this week in downtown Sydney, joining one that has already been in operation in Halifax for some time.
Police in Cape Breton Regional Municipality say they are not going to crack down on people pitching tents in public places the same way other places have done.
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Vern White, a Canadian senator, former assistant commissioner for the RCMP and retired chief of the Ottawa police force, says supplying medical grade opioids to drug users could reduce crime and deaths from illicit drugs.