The City of Winnipeg is clearing up concerns and confusion over construction permits it recently approved for a location the Manitoba government is considering for a proposed 72-hour detox centre.

The provincially-owned building at 190 Disraeli Fwy. was previously eyed for Manitoba’s first supervised consumption site, but the plan was dropped last month after opposition from area residents.

One of the approved permits from October, which was issued last Wednesday, described the addition of "20 safe consumption rooms.”

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It prompted the Manitoba Progressive Conservatives to call out the NDP during a press conference Tuesday afternoon.

Before it began, the language on the permit in question changed to "20 sobering units” on the ci

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