IN NEWS - 2025

We have created this webpage as a hub for articles and news updates featuring our work and collaborations with our allies.

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• February 4, 2025 - According to the B.C. health ministry statement, all six beds at Island Crisis Care Society in Nanaimo are “for women who have completed treatment to get longer-term support with their recovery.” Moms Stop the Harm member Correne Antrobus told Filter that the facility is not a substance-use treatment center.

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• January 29, 2025 - Vancouver (BC) St. Andrew's-Wesley United Church community outreach continues to prove positive successes. The church is active in refugee sponsorship, climate action and local social issues such as recovery and the conversation around safe supply with partners like Moms Stop The Harm.

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• January 26, 2025 - Fire devastates Nanaimo (BC) recovery house - It’s adding strain to an already critical shortage of addiction recovery beds in Nanaimo, which can often lead to three-month-long waits and longer for people who want to enter recovery and have just come out of detox, says Wanda Leblanc, a member of Moms Stop the Harm.

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• January 22, 2025 - Opinion: Let’s listen to those impacted by toxic drugs to help end the crisis. As we enter into 2025, it’s crucial not to let the ongoing drug poisoning crisis get lost amid an overwhelming number of critical issues facing our city (Edmonton) and province, Alberta)

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• January 20, 2025 - As soon as members of the Doctors for Safer Drug Policy and Moms Stop the Harm groups showed up at the Comox Valley Hospital on the morning of Jan.20, they were informed they could not set up their overdose prevention site on hospital property.

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• January 20, 2025 - The broadcaster Scott Oake lost his son Bruce to a drug overdose more than 10 years ago, and has worked tirelessly since to help other families avoid that same heartbreak. He talks to Matt Galloway about opening a recovery centre named after Bruce, and his new book For the Love of a Son.

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• January 20, 2025 - Kelowna to get 6 recovery beds for women - Support for women in need of recovery is particularly needed in Kelowna, Helen Jennens of Moms Stop the Harm says. She notes that while the largest percentage of people dying from the toxic drug supply is young men, using alone in their homes, statistics are showing that the number of women affected by the drug crisis are also on the rise.

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• January 20, 2025 - Supporters of Doctors for Safer Drug Policy and Moms Stop the Harm set up an unsanctioned Overdose Prevention Site at the Comox Valley Hospital.

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• January 14, 2025 - Corey Ranger said he is worried that if the Supreme Court decides people can be arrested under the Good Samaritan act, it will lead to more people being “abandoned” at the scene of an overdose.

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• January 9, 2025 - Operating hours were slashed in half at Red Deer, Alberta’s OPS as of Jan. 2, 2025 and anxiety has risen among clients, says a member of a group that supports harm reduction strategies. "It's gone from 24 hours to 12 hours, and people already have nowhere to go," said Samantha Ginter, with Moms Stop The Harm, a network of Canadian families impacted by substance-use-related harms and deaths.

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• January 9, 2025 - Sister of B.C. man lost to toxic drugs launches peer support group for siblings through Healing Hearts Canada. 'Not a lot of attention is paid to sibling loss,' says Stephanie Harrington, who hopes to change that.

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• January 4, 2025 - As we welcome a new year, we reflect on the resilience, strength, and compassion that define our community. Together, we have navigated immense challenges, standing united in our commitment to advocate for better drug policies, honour those we have lost, and support families affected by the unpredictability of the illegal, unregulated drug supply fueling the toxic drug poisoning crisis.

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