Kitchener-Waterloo

Kitchener's consumption treatment site set to open Oct. 15

Sanguen Health Centre and other community partners will be offering services at the site on 150 Duke St. as of Tuesday Oct.15.
The Interim Consumption and Treatment Services site in downtown Kitchener will open October 15. (Kate Bueckert/CBC)

Kitchener's interim consumption and treatment services site is set to open Oct.15 

The site will be located at 150 Duke St. in downtown Kitchener.

Health workers with Sanguen Health Centre and the Region of Waterloo Public Health have been working together to implement the interim service model.

Staff, along with the Waterloo Regional Police Service, held an open house at the Church of St. John the Evangelist in Kitchener Monday and Tuesday.

The permanent consumption and treatment services site is scheduled to begin operating in February 2020.