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Publication Date: July 20, 2026 - 04:00
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Ottawa's last supervised drug sites closed in June. So far, overdose deaths haven't spiked
July 20, 2026
It's been just over one month since Ottawa's last two supervised consumption sites shut down. While there are early reports of increased public drug use, fears of an overdose crisis so far haven't been realized — but the city's public health unit says it's still too early to identify any drug use trends connected to the closures.
July 24, 2026 - 06:53 | Catherine Morrison | The Globe and Mail
July 24, 2026 - 06:34 | Maria Cheng | The Globe and Mail
Common wisdom says that money can’t buy happiness. But if it could, researchers say, it would cost $155,850, making Canada the 14th most expensive nation in the world to purchase joy. The slightly tongue-in-cheek study was produced by digital financial services provider Remitly, but based on an actual scientific paper published in 2018 by Purdue University, “adjusted to account for local purchasing power and inflation.” “To determine each city and country’s price of happiness, Remitly reverse-engineered figures obtained from Purdue University’s study into the relationship between...
July 24, 2026 - 06:00 | Chris Knight | National Post




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