Forgiven/Forgotten Audio/Visual Drama and Panel Get Tickets Now! Theatre of the Beat is set to premiere their audio-visual presentation of Forgiven/Forgotten followed by a panel discussion at the Ken Seiling Waterloo Region Museum on November 19th at 7:30PM in recognition of International Restorative Justice Week 2021. Enjoy complimentary popcorn at the Museum from special guest, […]
Waterloo Region Crime Prevention Council Member Tom Galloway recently joined Mike on The Mike Farwell Show to advance the upstream conversation. You can listen to the conversation by clicking here and jumping ahead to 21:54. To read the op-ed Tom and Mike were discussing, please keep reading below. Let us know what you think and […]
KITCHENER – A warning has been issued by the Waterloo Region Integrated Drugs Strategy (WRIDS) after an increase in overdose calls. In a press release, the organization said emergency services responded to 21 overdose related calls this weekend, including a suspected overdose death. Officials add that there have been 1,244 overdose-related calls to emergency services in […]
WATERLOO REGION — Crimes for possessing and selling illicit drugs such as fentanyl are surging in this part of Ontario as overdose deaths also rise. “We’re a bit of a hub for trafficking,” said Michael Parkinson, a drug strategy specialist with a community council that aims to prevent crime in Waterloo Region. “There are a lot of […]
WATERLOO – There have been five suspected opioid overdose deaths in Waterloo Region and three in Guelph since Friday, prompting alerts from public health officials. In Waterloo Region, the Overdose Monitoring and Response System (OMARS) issued an overdose alert warning on Tuesday in the wake of a recent spike in overdose deaths since Sept. 3. “The […]
KITCHENER – A lack of stable housing is leading to more and more drug overdose deaths across the region. “We know that across Ontario, approximately one out of six of the opioid-related fatalities were among people who did not have stable housing,” said Michael Parkinson, the Waterloo Region Crime Prevention Council’s drug strategy specialist. “We know […]
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New Hamburg Independent – Eerie similarities are beginning to emerge between our region’s ongoing opioid crisis and the aptly named “parallel pandemic” that has seen an increasing strain on our mental health. On opioids, we’re too-well aware of the toll, with more than 6,200 overdose deaths reported in Canada last year, or an average of […]
KITCHENER-WATERLOO – There’s a big question troubling a lot of minds in Waterloo Region these days. What can this community do to stop the steady, frightening rise in local gun crimes? While there were 15 shootings in the region in all of 2020, there have been no fewer than 13 so far this year — […]
WATERLOO – In the wake of the Waterloo Region’s 12th shooting this year, one local expert says more needs to be done to prevent further gun violence. “It’s a concerning trend going the wrong way,” said Michael Parkinson with the Waterloo Region Crime Prevention Council. “We need to get off this wheel of always being reactive, […]
