People who live and work near a struggling part of downtown Ottawa say they’re running out of options when it comes to dealing with the fentanyl crisis that has ravaged several blocks of the Lowertown community.
So many drug users sit or lie down on the Murray Street sidewalk that community workers have nicknamed the area “the beach.”
Louise Beaudoin, the nurse in charge of the supervised injection site located at the Shepherds of Good Hope — one of three nearby shelters — said her employees responded to seven overdoses in a recent eight-hour shift. Now, she said, they’re dealing with a surge
