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Nine Ontario supervised consumption sites to close despite injunction, minister says

Published Mar 31, 2025 at 6:53pm

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Nine Ontario supervised consumption sites to close despite injunction, minister says

Supporters and harm reduction workers protest outside of the Ontario legislature in Toronto on Monday, October 21, 2024, as groups gather to protest against the Ontario government's proposal to close consumption treatment sites.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young CHY

The Ontario provincial government says nine supervised consumption sites will close Tuesday as planned, despite a recent court injunction allowing them to remain open temporarily.

The office of Health Minister Sylvia Jones says nine sites that applied for funding to transition into government-approved service hubs will proceed with those plans.

The Ontario Superior Court of Justice granted an injunction Friday to allow consumption sites to remain open while a judge reviews a constitutional challenge of a provincial law that bans sites from operating within 200 metres of schools or daycares.

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