( Nick Kozak / for Toronto Star file photo )The federal government has given the official go-ahead for three planned supervised injection sites in Toronto, the final step in a process that took years to unfold. Her sister, Brooklyn McNeil, died of an overdose in a Toronto alley just shy of her 23rd birthday last summer. “If those supervised injection sites had been around a year ago, she would still be here . Toronto first requested federal permission to open the sites in November. In February, federal Health Minister Jane Philpott gave the green light to three sites in Montreal.

Source: thestar June 02, 2017 21:33 UTC