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By Steve Lambert The Manitoba government promised more consultation Tuesday with inner-city residents and business owners upset about a planned supervised drug consumption site. Premier Wab Kinew also said the government is open to delaying the site’s opening beyond January \u2014 the timeline initially proposed. “Just over the weekend, we heard from community (members) who are saying ‘We need more time,'” Kinew told reporters. “Given the fact we’re extending the consultations, I think we’re realistically also willing to delay opening maybe by a few weeks, hopefully. That would be enough time to address the desire for people to weigh in and also for us to respond to what we hear.” The NDP government initially planned the province’s first-ever supervised consumption site for 200 Disraeli Freeway \u2014 an area east of… <\/p>\n

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By Steve Lambert The Manitoba government promised more consultation Tuesday with inner-city residents and business owners upset about a planned supervised drug consumption site. Premier Wab Kinew also said the government is open to delaying the site’s opening beyond January \u2014 the timeline initially proposed. “Just over the weekend, we heard from community (members) who are saying ‘We need more time,’” Kinew told reporters. “Given the fact we’re extending the consultations, I think we’re realistically also willing to delay opening maybe by a few weeks, hopefully. That would be enough time to address the desire for people to weigh in and also for us to respond to what we hear.” The NDP government initially planned the province’s first-ever supervised consumption site for 200 Disraeli Freeway \u2014 an area east of... <\/p>\n

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