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By Steve Lambert The Manitoba government announced a new location Friday for the province’s first supervised drug consumption site, months after its initial proposed location ran into public opposition. The government is eyeing a single-story building at 366 Henry Ave. in inner-city Winnipeg, west of Main St. It is several blocks away from the former site east of Main St. that many area residents opposed due to its proximity to homes and a high school. “The proposed supervised consumption site … is located where people need the services and sits well beyond 250 metres from any school or registered child care facility,” Bernadette Smith, the minister for housing, addictions and homelessness said in a statement. The NDP government has planned to have the site up and running in January, and… <\/p>\n

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By Steve Lambert The Manitoba government announced a new location Friday for the province’s first supervised drug consumption site, months after its initial proposed location ran into public opposition. The government is eyeing a single-story building at 366 Henry Ave. in inner-city Winnipeg, west of Main St. It is several blocks away from the former site east of Main St. that many area residents opposed due to its proximity to homes and a high school. “The proposed supervised consumption site … is located where people need the services and sits well beyond 250 metres from any school or registered child care facility,” Bernadette Smith, the minister for housing, addictions and homelessness said in a statement. The NDP government has planned to have the site up and running in January, and... <\/p>\n

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