Kelowna Mayor Asks Feds to Not Renew Downtown Supervised Consumption Site
Kelowna Mayor Tom Dyas is asking Health Canada to deny the 2027 renewal of a supervised drug consumption site in the city’s downtown, citing thousands of police and emergency calls since the site’s opening. “There’s nothing safe about a site that creates disorder for the surrounding community,” Dyas wrote on social media about the supervised […]
TL;DR
- Kelowna Mayor Tom Dyas has requested Health Canada deny the 2027 renewal of a supervised drug consumption site.
- Dyas cited thousands of police and emergency calls linked to the site since its inception.
- He stated the site creates disorder for the surrounding community and impacts crime rates.
- Previous requests to the B.C. government and Interior Health for the site's removal have not yielded substantive responses.
- The mayor mentioned community opposition and perceived gaps in legislated engagement and consultation.