Mission City Record, July 11, 2014

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MEN MISSING Searchers comb lake near Revelstoke

WOMAN CROWNED

INAUGURAL RACE

Brittany O’Rourke named Miss Fraser Valley

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Criterium held at Mission Raceway Park PAGE 13

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Friday, July 11, 2014

SERVING MISSION SINCE 1908

COOL KID One-year-old Emma cools off at the water park outside the Leisure Centre in Mission on Wednesday morning. Temperatures are expected to reach close to 30 C this weekend, according to Environment Canada. The temperatures are within the normal range for the area, which boasted a high of 33 C in 2003, and a historic low of 6 C in 1947. BOB FRIESEN PHOTO

District eyes lifting ban on needle exchanges Carol Aun MISSION RECORD

Needle exchange facilities in Mission have been operating for years despite a district bylaw prohibiting the activity. Now, Mission council is considering lifting the five-year-old ban in order to support harm-reduction strategies and protect the community’s vulnerable drug users.

Drug overdose rates in Mission are two times higher than the provincial average, according to statistics from Fraser Health, and the medical health officer for the Fraser East region hopes to reach out and help more people by increasing needle exchange services. The strategy was developed by Mission’s Healthy Commu-

nity Council with input from numerous organizations, including Fraser House, Mission Friendship Centre, and the Women’s Resource Society of the Fraser Valley. People don’t grow up wanting to be drug addicts, Dr. Marcus Lem explained. “Everyone is a son or brother, sister or daughter to someone

… We all have the same goals: We want a healthy, vibrant community, and part of that is to be inclusive, respectful and look after folks who need to be looked after.” Providing clean needles to those who are suffering from addictions will decrease the transmission of blood-borne diseases and the rate of mortalities

associated with addictions and overdoses, said Lem. Currently, Fraser Health offers a needle exchange at the Mission Health Unit, and the Friendship Centre also operates a service with funding from the BC Centre for Disease and Control. CONTINUED ON 3

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