Grey Bruce Public Health will be joining community partners & area residents on Thursday to mark International Overdose Awareness Day.
The annual global event is a chance to shine a light on the opioid crisis as well as to remember, without stigma, those who have died from drug overdose or poisoning, and acknowledge the grief of those who have lost loved ones to substance-related harms.
Several gatherings are set to take place that day including:
- a Candlelight Vigil from 6 to 7:30 pm at Coulter Parkette in Port Elgin
- a Speaker & Candlelight Vigil from 6:30 to 8pm at the Heritage Square Gazebo in Hanover
- a Speaker & Breakfast BBQ from 10:30 am to 1pm at the Owen Sound Farmers Market
- Vigil & Full Moon Ceremony from 7 to 8:30 pm at the M’Wikwedong Indigenous Friendship Centre in Owen Sound.