First planned to open in the spring, officials finally have given an indication of when London’s homeless addiction recovery treatment (HART) hub will begin operation. LFP’s Jack Moulton takes a look at what’s been promised, what it will do, and why it’s taken this long to get here.

WHAT IS THE HART HUB?

Announced roughly one year ago after targetting nine supervised drug-use sites for shut-down, Queen’s Park pledged to reopen the sites as hubs prioritizing mental health and addictions services.

The province introduced legislation banning supervised drug-use sites within 200 metres of child care centres or schools, but later pledged to open other similar hubs across the province. Deputy premier and Minister of Health Sylvia Jones said at the 2024 Association of Ontario municipalities co

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