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1,265 crosses planted at Queen’s Park to push province to end freeze on ‘life-saving’ overdose prevention sites
The Queen’s Park lawn was staked with 1,265 wooden crosses on Monday, representing the people in Ontario who died due to drug overdose last year. The vigil, hosted by the Toronto Overdose Prevention Society (TOPS), comes two days after the province asked the federal government for an extension as it assesses the future of safe injection sites. The Toronto Overdose Prevention Society placed more than 1,200 wooden crosses on the front lawn of Queen's Park on Monday. In the first three months of 2018, there were 317 such deaths in the province, also according to Health Canada. The Toronto Overdose Prevention Society's vigil comes two days after the province asked Ottawa for an extension in its assessment of safe injection sites.
Source: thestar October 01, 2018 14:46 UTC
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