Evening Update: Drop drug decriminalization request, Ontario warns Toronto

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Good evening, let’s start with today’s top stories: Ontario has warned Toronto to drop a request to decriminalize possession of small amounts of hard drugs. Minister of Health Sylvia Jones said if the city doesn’t drop it, the province will be forced to act. In a terse letter to Toronto Medical Officer of Health Eileen de Villa released today, Jones also says that after a review of supervised drug consumption sites, prompted by a fatal shooting outside one facility in Toronto’s Leslieville area, she plans to bring in unspecified “enhanced accountability measures” for these sites “to ensure that the safety...