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B.C., N.B. leaders seem to agree on drug treatment
Eby has promised to build low-security facilities for individuals who pose a risk to themselves or others to ensure they receive treatment in a safe environment. His decision came after a report released by Dr. Daniel Vigo, B.C.'s first chief scientific adviser for psychiatry, toxic drugs and concurrent disorders, which made the recommendation.
Rent and transport costs are up by about a quarter, while the cost of filling up with gasoline has risen by almost half. The community some 450 kilometres north of Thunder Bay, Ont. – accessible only by air and a winter ice road – has the longest boil-water advisory in the country at 29 years and growing. Many in the community have never lived at a time when the water coming out of the taps was declared suitable to drink.
"He's a kinsman and I'm very proud of him," said Gambier, a retired furniture importer from Bury St. Edmunds, England, and Fitzjames' paternal second cousin five times removed."I'm sorry he met such a tough ending."Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen feels"extremely hopeful" about society's ability to push social media platforms into being safer but for change to come, she says these companies need to be motivated in a new way.
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