Ottawa's safe-injection sites need to re-apply for provincial funding

Changes to the way safe-injection sites are licensed and funded will have wide-ranging effects on the four locations operating in Ottawa, according to Rob Boyd, director of harm reduction at the Sandy Hill Community Centre.
Sandy Hill was among Ottawa’s first safe-injection sites, which were opened in a bid to help combat the opioid crisis.
Boyd said news that the provincial government wants sites to include, as a longer-term goal, helping drug users receive treatment and rehabilitation se