An out-of-court settlement has Vancouver Coastal Health committing to following provincial rules governing overdose prevention sites.

A Yaletown resident filed a lawsuit in June 2023 over the overdose prevention site at Seymour and Helmcken streets, which opened in 2021.

The lawsuit referred to the site as a “ham-fisted operation that was poorly suited” to the neighbourhood and claimed it has turned the area into “a centre point for crime and public disorder.”

As part of an out-of-court settlement, Vancouver Coastal Health has committed to following provincial rules, including taking reasonable measures to act as good neighbours and managing issues such as outdoor congregation, discarded drug paraphernalia, and crisis de-escalation.

“What excites me is that other neighbourhoods in B.C.

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