Two B.C. municipal councillors took to the streets of Duncan on April 25 to make a statement about the open consumption of hard drugs in public.
North Cowichan’s Bruce Findlay and Tek Manhas set up on garden chairs on the sidewalk outside of Island Health’s Overdose Prevention Site on York Road, one of the main areas in North Cowichan plagued by homelessness, mental health issues and drug use, and began drinking beer.
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