Somerset West to be first supervised injection site outside of downtown core

Somerset West Community Health Centre has received permission to open what will become the city’s first supervised injection site outside of the downtown core.
The centre, located on Eccles Street in Chinatown, said Monday that Health Canada has granted it an exemption from federal drug laws that will allow the site to legally open, although renovation work still has to be done. No opening date has been set.
The news comes as overdose deaths in the area are spiking. There have been four fa