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The Sanguen Mobile Health bus will offer second doses of the COVID-19 vaccine to vulnerable people in the community and will help educate those who are hesitant to get it.
Posted: Apr 13, 2021 5:01 AM ET | Last Updated: April 13
Holly Windsor, who lives in Kitchener, Ont., and uses fentanyl, supports the idea of a safe supply program, saying she s witnessed a number of overdoses.(Paula Duhatschek/CBC)
A new report from the Waterloo Region Crime Prevention Council makes the case for a local safe drug supply program that advocates say would reduce overdose deaths along with social problems.
The report, titled (Un) Safe, includes results from interviews with 43 people who regularly use street drugs and don t have stable housing. They spoke about not wanting to live in fear of overdosing, not wanting to have to rescue friends and colleagues from near-death experiences through overdose, said Michael Parkinson, drug strategy specialist with the crime prevention council.
Community overwhelmingly offers support of men impacted by fire at shelter
Emmanuel United Church in Waterloo put out a call for items Thursday morning to help the men at a House of Friendship shelter impacted by a fire Tuesday evening. By early afternoon, they had reached capacity for items and had received offers of support from Hamilton and the U.S.
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Posted: Feb 12, 2021 8:35 AM ET | Last Updated: February 12
Emmanuel United Church in Waterloo was accepting donations for men impacted by a fire at The Inn of Waterloo this week. Volunteers say the amount of support has been heartwarming.(Rev. Jenn Hind/Emmanuel United Church)