Involuntary mental health care must be ‘dignified and humane,’ B.C. premier says
September 6, 2024
Premier David Eby says mental health care in the province for those committed against their will needs to be “dignified and humane” to be effective, as his government works on a strategy about involuntary care.Eby, speaking after a deadly random stranger attack in downtown Vancouver this week, says the 2012 closure of Riverview mental health hospital in Coquitlam put vulnerable people on the streets without adequate supports.He says he saw people struggle with mental health, brain injuries and drug addiction while working on the Downtown Eastside, watching them “go downhill and die.”
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A real estate developer says it’s poised to close its purchase of a struggling downtown Winnipeg shopping centre and turn it into affordable housing, health-care services and gathering spaces.True North Real Estate Development says it has reached an agreement to buy Portage Place and its underlying land and parking, and that work is to begin to finalize the deal in the coming days.
September 27, 2024 - 14:57 | | The Globe and Mail
A councillor in a southern Ontario city has been issued a 90-day pay suspension – the most severe penalty possible under current rules – after the municipality’s integrity commissioner found she has been demonstrating a continued pattern of “unacceptable behaviour” that risks hurting marginalized members of society.It’s the latest in a series of penalties levelled against Coun. Lisa Robinson of Pickering, Ont., and a situation that the mayor has said underscores the need for changes to the province’s Municipal Act to allow stricter sanctions, up to the removal of a councillor from office...
September 27, 2024 - 14:50 | Rianna Lim | The Globe and Mail
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September 27, 2024 - 14:49 | Andrew Benson | Global News - Canada
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