Don’t use alone. Get a naloxone kit. Overdose prevention sites save lives.
These are some of the thoughts that roll off the tongue of Lloyd Bryer as he addresses a crowd from the Gage Park band shell gathered for Overdose Awareness Day.
But one observation resounds on a deeply personal level that’s not immediately obvious.
An infusion of federal money into an affordable housing construction project at 500 James Street North in Hamilton means rents will stay affordable indefinitely for tenants moving in.
The federal government announced it’s chipping in two-million-dollars to help Hamilton create new affordable housing apartments.
Dale Manucdoc has the details
Cities, Hamilton included, are struggling mightily to repair existing housing stock and find ways for new stock to be built.
The Hughson Street Baptist Church is building a new home that will be topped with 45 supportive housing units managed by Indwell. It could be a model for faith communities across Canada, they say.
Liberal MP Adam Vaughan, the parliamentary secretary to the minister of families, children and social development, made the announcement Tuesday morning at a construction site on James Street North.
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