Protestors held a Four Points Rally Thursday morning in Barrie in front of local MPP offices and at City Hall, urging the province to immediately approve Barrie s proposed consumption and treatment service site, and to fund additional CTS sites.
Ontario paused approval of new supervised consumption and treatment sites (CTS) for a review to be conducted, leaving an application for a site in Barrie in limbo, which local advocates say is detrimental to the region.
In a bid to address the issue of chronic homelessness, addiction and mental health struggles plaguing the City of Barrie, council held a public meeting Tuesday that brought out hundreds of people, including community groups and organizations, seeking to weigh in on proposed plans and solutions.
The Canadian Mental Health Association, Simcoe County Branch (CMHA) and the Busby Centre announced that Busby would acquire CMHA s property at 90 Mulcaster Street.