'In the dark': Surrounding community speaking out on proposed supervised consumption site

It was revealed on Wednesday that the proposed location of a supervised consumption site has been set for the Disraeli Freeway, and now members in the surrounding community are speaking out.

It was revealed on Wednesday that the proposed location of a supervised consumption site has been set for the Disraeli Freeway, and now members in the surrounding community are speaking out.

According to the application page for Health Canada, an application was submitted on Nov. 21 for the Aboriginal Health and Wellness Centre to be located at 200 Disraeli Fwy. The application is still in the screening stage.

However, some groups in the area feel their concerns about the location were ignored.

Children's House, a Montessori school that provides nursery and kindergarten programs for kids, is around 500 metres away from the site location.

School officials said they don't know what it means for them.

"We still feel like we're in the dark about that," said Leslie Loofbourow, the chair of the Children's House Board of Directors.

"There wasn't a transparent conversation around what the true risks are like. We were bringing those to the table, and we were told those aren't risk, those aren't concerns."