{"id":652951,"date":"2026-05-07T03:59:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T03:59:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/652951\/"},"modified":"2026-05-07T03:59:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T03:59:10","slug":"vancouver-recovery-advocate-returning-honour-to-city-over-mayor-councils-actions-bc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/652951\/","title":{"rendered":"Vancouver recovery advocate returning honour to city over mayor, council\u2019s actions &#8211; BC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\tDescrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tIncrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>Two years after having a proclamation day named after him in the City of Vancouver, <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/guy-felicella\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Guy Felicella<\/a> says he is returning the honour.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/70c8fc80.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;width:1px;height:1px\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"\/><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u203c\ufe0fANNOUNCEMENT\u203c\ufe0f<br \/>Tomorrow, I will be returning the proclamation made in my honour back to Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim.<\/p>\n<p>The Mayor proclaimed May 29, 2024 as \u201cGuy Felicella Day\u201d in honour of my work advocating for \u201cBOTH HARM REDUCTION AND RECOVERY.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Yesterday he proved that his\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hwLOLqyEcD\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/hwLOLqyEcD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 guyfelicella\ud83c\udde8\ud83c\udde6\ud83c\udf41 (@guyfelicella) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/guyfelicella\/status\/2052060231509987460?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">May 6, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Felicella, a harm reduction and recovery advocate, said in a social media post that he does not want May 29 to be known as Guy Felicella Day anymore.<\/p>\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>He said that Vancouver Mayor <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/ken-sim\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ken Sim<\/a> and his ABC council do not understand what it takes to recover from toxic, illicit drugs or the work required to save lives.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/healthiq.jpg\" alt=\"Receive the latest medical news and health information delivered to you every Sunday.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tGet weekly health news<\/p>\n<p>Receive the latest medical news and health information delivered to you every Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe threw me and every other person in Vancouver with substance use disorder under the bus when he promised to prevent a much-needed Overdose Prevention Site from opening in downtown Vancouver,\u201d Felicella wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\tMore on Politics<br \/>\n\t\t\tMore videos\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI won\u2019t be used as part of a disingenuous display of fake compassion and understanding by Ken Sim and his ABC councillors.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This announcement comes after Sim said he <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11831551\/vancouver-only-overdose-prevention-site-new-location\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">opposes the relocation of an overdose prevention site<\/a> on Helmcken Street in Vancouver\u2019s city centre.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cVancouver will not support solutions that fail both those who are struggling and the communities around them,\u201d Sim said in a release on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have seen the disastrous impact when OPS sites are introduced without the right planning, oversight, and accountability.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t&amp;copy 2026 Global News, a division of Corus Entertainment Inc.\t<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" 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