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Kaia Sand | Canadian overdose prevention sites ‘keep people alive’

Director’s Desk | Kaia Sand launches ‘Better not Backward’ column series exploring next steps two years into Measure 110 with a visit to the Overdose Prevention Society Our conversation began in the dark. Trey Helten had warned me before I walked the mile ...

15 Nov 2023 - Kaia Sand
Safe to swim? What the experts have to say about the risks of taking a dip in the Willamette River

Since the completion of the Big Pipe project in 2011, which stopped Portland’s sewage from spilling into the Willamette River during rainstorms, there’s been a movement led by Human Access Project to change the public’s perception about swimming in the ri ...

27 Aug 2014 - Emily Green
Dead, in the red: Services report a rising number of people who can’t afford to bury their dead

Dead, in the red: Services report a rising number of people who can’t afford to bury their dead By Stacy Brownhill, Staff Writer A name in this story has been changed to protect the subject’s identity. Grief was the first emotion to seize Sarah Jones afte ...

25 Nov 2011 - Street Roots