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Courtney Harrop @courtneyharrop.bsky.social · 9d

Going back to my radio roots….. stay tuned 😉 #communityradio #cjmp #qathet #harmredux

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Courtney Harrop @courtneyharrop.bsky.social · 9d

#freeDULF

Euan Tombstone @drugdatadecoded.ca · 9d

NEW
I spent the day in court, where DULF organizers heard the closing arguments for their trafficking charges.
drugdatadecoded.ca/everyone-kne...

"Everyone knew what was happening," judge admonishes Crown as DULF awaits trafficking verdict

Justice Catherine Murray closed the trial with remarks that indicated sympathy for the accused and for the confusing behaviour of Health Canada, the Vancouver police and all other political entities d...

drugdatadecoded.ca

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Courtney Harrop @courtneyharrop.bsky.social · Jun 28

It’s finally here! Been waiting for a few weeks for this to show up!! Can’t wait to dive into it, so grateful to Garth for sharing his story with us! Thank you and keep fighting…we need your voice xo ❤️

Courtney Harrop @courtneyharrop.bsky.social · May 22

❤️

COPE: The Coalition of Progressive Electors @copevancouver.bsky.social · May 22

This alley between Hastings and Pender, which connects Cambie and Abbott streets, will be known as Ashtrey Alley in memory of Trey Helten.

Unanimous decision by City Council.

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Courtney Harrop @courtneyharrop.bsky.social · May 13

Ew why would you publish a known transphobe and IRS denier? Bowen Island didn’t want him anymore and the qathet region doesn’t either.

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Courtney Harrop @courtneyharrop.bsky.social · Apr 19

qathet NEST Society has emerged as a new non profit in #qathet #powellriver Nurturing Empowerment and Support Together, NEST prioritizes empowering and uplifting peer perspectives and leadership, and looks forward to supporting arts & creative community actions, mutual aid, wellness and compassion.

Courtney Harrop @courtneyharrop.bsky.social · Apr 12

Relevant #powellriver

karen ward @kwardvancouver.bsky.social · Apr 12

I need financing

Courtney Harrop @courtneyharrop.bsky.social · Apr 8

Drug alert April 8th 2025.

An opioid, a long acting benzo analogue, and two tranquilizers. This substance has caused complex overdose and prolonged sedation in #qathet #powellriver #drugalert Stay safe and try not to use alone xo

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Courtney Harrop @courtneyharrop.bsky.social · Apr 4

qathet Coalition to End Homelessness is doing some amazing work in #qathet #powellriver Housing is a human right, and we all need access to food, shelter, and community connection. #qCEH The coalition has been feeding people every night at 6pm, and supporting with supplies since the shelter closure.

The Peak @thepeaknews.bsky.social · Apr 3

qathet Coalition to End Homelessness speaks to city councillors

Organization’s housing for homeless activities outlined for committee of the whole members

dlvr.it

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PHS Community Services Society @phscss.bsky.social · Mar 30

Photographer Jackie Dives has published an overview of the Downtown Eastside, "a community that refuses to give up on what’s right."

She notes: "We now have over a century of data that proves prohibition and criminalization do not decrease drug availability or drug use."

More: tinyurl.com/6a5aut8d

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be with good company @bewithgoodcompany.bsky.social · Mar 27

The shelter has closed and with it, access to safer place to sleep, two meals a day, laundry, services, and more. Share, care, donate, + sign up to make a meal via the Meal Train: www.mealtrain.com/trains/zz02gr. In need of a meal: 7030 Alberni St at 6pm daily. [email protected]

Meal Train Plus for qCEH - community meal train

The only emergency shelter in qathet is now closed, (as of March 26th 2025). Not only does this mean folks are without a place indoors to be, sleep, and take shelter from the elements, it means the m...

www.mealtrain.com

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Courtney Harrop @courtneyharrop.bsky.social · Mar 28

Apparently I haven’t learned it yet either lol

Ari Dublion @aridublion.bsky.social · Mar 28

It’s actually a lesson I haven’t yet learned: stay off social media

Sarah O’Connell @sarahoconnellshow.com · Mar 28

What lesson do you wish you’d learnt earlier in life?

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Courtney Harrop @courtneyharrop.bsky.social · Mar 27

A transformed VANilla latte 😂 #acab #dulfsaveslives #vandu #dulf

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Courtney Harrop @courtneyharrop.bsky.social · Mar 26

Just loitering around in #porthardy getting ready to host back to back Walk with Me story walks with #islandhealth #toxicdrugcrisis #livedexperience

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Vancouver Island Mental Health Society @vimhs.bsky.social · Mar 26

"Dr. Kellerhals & other doctors working in #addictions were promised #overdoseprevention sites in hospitals by former health minister Adrian Dix 11 months ago. The promise remains unfulfilled" #OPS #addiction #mentalhealth #healthcare #VancouverIsland #BC www.campbellrivermirror.com/local-news/c...

Campbell River's unsanctioned overdose prevention site calls for safer drug policy

'People are dying'

www.campbellrivermirror.com

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Courtney Harrop @courtneyharrop.bsky.social · Mar 25

This is wild. #ACAB

The New Yorker @newyorker.com · Mar 25

In Sean Williams’s apartment, police found a list of 22 first names, one of which was accompanied by the word “baby,” along with an entry that read “no name girl.” At the top of the list was an underlined word: “Raped.” Why wouldn’t they investigate?

How Police Let One of America’s Most Prolific Predators Get Away

When a prosecutor began chasing an accused serial rapist, she lost her job but unravelled a scandal. Why were the police refusing to investigate Sean Williams?

www.newyorker.com

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Courtney Harrop @courtneyharrop.bsky.social · Mar 25

Disruptions in the supply chains due to seizures and what’s happening at the border and ports causes real chaos and big changes in the street supply, and overdoses and fatalities increase. We need true safe supply, and legalization. It’s the only way out of this and no one is listening.

Courtney Harrop @courtneyharrop.bsky.social · Mar 25

Having drug checking and access to confirmatory testing with our friends at Substance allows us to be informed about the trends in our local supply so we can better support people to know what they’re using but also to help us know how to better support ppl during complex overdose.

Courtney Harrop @courtneyharrop.bsky.social · Mar 25

Things take a little longer to emerge in rural and remote communities like ours. We have also seen desalkylgidazepam a few times (a very long acting illicit benzo), and we have just seen our first carfentanil samples, about two weeks after it appeared in Fraser Health and Vancouver.

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Courtney Harrop @courtneyharrop.bsky.social · Mar 25

People (including policy makers and government) also oppose safe supply because they don’t understand what safe supply actually means (pro tip: it doesn’t just mean “free drugs” and it doesn’t mean “prescribed alternatives” or OAT)

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Courtney Harrop @courtneyharrop.bsky.social · Mar 25

I found xylazine in our local supply in #qathet in April 2023. Since then, we have seen an increase in its presence, as well as Medetomidine (an even stronger tranq) in recent months. If they put it under the CDSA it won’t stop it, we will just see new and more potent ones emerge. #drugchecking

Corey Ranger @nurseranger.bsky.social · Mar 24

The unregulated drug supply is ever-evolving and unpredictable.

The only thing we know for sure, is that it can and will get worse as long as we continue to invest in the war on drugs

“When ‘tranq’ takes its toll”

#cdnpoli #bcpoli

www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/2c22f44...

How ‘tranq’ became a deadly, and increasingly common, addition to Canada’s illicit drug supply

Xylazine is for animals, but chances are it’s laced into the street drugs where you live – and it can cost users their memories, limbs and lives

www.theglobeandmail.com

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Courtney Harrop @courtneyharrop.bsky.social · Mar 25

Very unfortunate. Even this article has myths about fentanyl in it. She didn’t od from “handling a jar”. She would have had to eat, smoke or snort it to od. Skin contact does not cause od.

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Courtney Harrop @courtneyharrop.bsky.social · Mar 25

I’m travelling to the north island tomorrow to mostly eat in vehicles on the go and spend time in Port Hardy and Alert Bay with the walk with me project, as one does :P

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qathet Community Action Team @qathetcat.bsky.social · Mar 17

Our monthly YouthCAT meeting is next week! Join us on Wednesday, March 26th, from 6-8pm at the Community Room in the Library and learn what we're working on to make qathet better!

There will be snacks, honoraria ($$), peer support, opportunities to do things, harm reduction supplies, and more!

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Angela Welz @heartforward.bsky.social · Mar 24

Brain injury after non-fatal overdose: A rising concern.
This webinar hosted by CATIE provides an overview of emerging evidence on overdose-related brain injury, including how brain injury occurs, its effects on cognitive and physical functioning, and how common it is.
www.catie.ca/brain-injury...

Brain injury after non-fatal overdose: A rising concern

www.catie.ca

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