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Hosted by the Sik-ooh-kotoki (Lethbridge) Friendship centre, it was a communing of hearts and minds featuring professor and knowledge keeper, Leroy Little Bear, Dr. Esther Tailfeather, and over 100 frontline workers, people experiencing addiction, people in recovery, and loved ones of those who have been lost to drugs. 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