Manitoba news: Wab Kinew hints at location change for supervised drug consumption site [Video]

WINNIPEG –

The Manitoba government signalled Friday it is open to changing the location of a proposed supervised drug consumption site that had been revealed two days earlier and met with criticism.

“If this is not the right site, there is a chance that we could go in a different direction,” Premier Wab Kinew said.

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“This is a real consultation. We are willing to go in a different direction if there is that degree of outcry from the community. On the flip side though, if we can make this work and make it safe and save lives, then this is something that we’re willing to move forward on.”

The province said on Wednesday it had selected 200 Disraeli Freeway in Winnipeg’s core area for the facility that would allow people to inject drugs, with staff on hand …