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What Really Happens At An OPS
by Nathan Caddell from the Georgia Straight. The door to Molson Overdose Prevention Site (MOPS) at Main and Hastings opens up to an alleyway absolutely teeming with people. Some are loud, some are quiet. Most everyone in the vicinity greets Simon Goodspeed and John Nellany warmly as the pair shows […]
Press Release: Landmark Court Decision Could Change Everything For How Canada Addresses Homelessness
From the National Right to Housing Network – view the source document here For the first time in nearly 25 years, a Canadian court has extended new constitutional protections—this time for the equality rights of people experiencing homelessness—marking one of the most significant advances in law for people experiencing homelessness in a generation. OTTAWA (May 22, 2026): In a landmark decision out of […]
Meet the OCAT team
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Our Oceanside Resource Calendar for May 2026
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How Street Dr. Jill Became BC’s Favourite Influencer
If elected officials won’t heed experts, the outreach physician says, maybe they’ll listen to her 100,000 followers. – From The Tyee – read the source article here “What does someone who is unhoused and sleeping outside do all day?” Dr. Jill Wiwcharuk asks in an Instagram video, standing in front of […]
18,000 lives later, B.C. marks 10 years since declaring overdose crisis
by Ashley Joannou, – read the Chek News source article here Events are planned across British Columbia today to mark 10 years since the province declared a public health emergency related to the overdose crisis that has since killed more than 18,000 people. A “moment of silence and minute of rage” […]
‘Desperately missed’: Rally remembers those lost in 10 years of toxic drug emergency
‘Desperately missed’: Rally remembers those lost in 10 years of toxic drug emergency – by Wolfgang Depend from Times Colonist. Read the source article here Paula Beardy said her grandson Sheldon Beardy was a good kid.He would have turned 28 on Monday. But his mother died last year, and after […]
Canadian Nurses Association concerned over Ontario & Alberta’s decision to close supervised consumption services
March 27, 2026 — The Canadian Nurses Association (CNA) is deeply concerned by recent decisions made by the governments of Ontario and Alberta to end provincial funding for supervised consumption services (SCS). Canada is facing a toxic drug supply and unregulated drug poisoning crisis. Each preventable death is a tragedy, and […]
Vancouver Island and Oceanside Drug Deaths Summary, 2025
This is the updated data for Vancouver Island and Oceanside on the impact of the toxic drug poisoning crisis.