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Denise is the award-winning owner of Salon Origins, a live-work salon directly across from the location where the Province is proposing a drug consumption site at 900 Helmcken. Denise has already lived through the impacts of the Murray Hotel SRO and the former drug consumption site at 1060 Howe. Now, just as the closure of that site has brought some relief to the neighbourhood, she's being forced to face the Province moving forward with 900 Helmcken with no consultation. Denise says no one from the Province has returned her calls. No one from Vancouver Coastal Health has returned her calls. Like many other residents and business owners in the neighbourhood, she fears for her safety and doesn't know what the future holds if this proposal moves ahead. The people who live and work in this neighbourhood deserve to be heard. They deserve meaningful consultation, safer streets, and solutions that focus on treatment and recovery—not policies that continue to concentrate the impacts of the drug crisis in Vancouver's communities. Your ABC Vancouver team will continue standing up for residents, businesses, and neighbourhoods while advocating for compassionate care, long-term recovery, and a Vancouver that is safe and affordable for everyone. #abcvancouver #publicsafety #affordability

Vancouver continues to carry the greatest burden of B.C.'s mental health, addiction and public safety crises. Yet once again, the Province has announced new involuntary care beds while excluding Vancouver. When it comes to harm reduction, Vancouver is expected to do more. When it comes to treatment and recovery, we're left behind. That has to change. Enough is enough.