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Grants aim to address overdose, connect Vancouver Islanders with live-saving supports SHARE ON: Pexels Stock image As B.C.’s overdose crisis rages on, Vancouver Island organizations are being given extra help to expand local overdose response and awareness efforts. Through a provincial program, $1-million in grants is being distributed to 23 rural, remote and Indigenous communities and organizations, with five of those groups located on the island. On the North Island, grant recipients include Port Hardy-based Gwa’sala-‘Nakwaxda’xw Nations, and Campbell River-based Kwakiutl District Health Council. Other groups getting funding include Courtenay-based Indigenous Women’s Sharing Society, the Ts’ewulhtun Health Centre in Duncan, Ucluelet-based West Coast Community Resources, and the Dudes Club Society.

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