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Eleven Calgary officers have been redeployed to the downtown core in response to a spike in crime since the opening of the city’s supervised consumption site. Continue reading
A number of social agencies and members of the public presented their concerns about the supervised consumption site to Calgary’s community services committee. Continue reading
In a Calgary police report released this week, the service reported a 276 per cent increase in drug-related calls within a 250-metre buffer zone around the clinic. Continue reading
According to the Calgary Police Service, between its opening on Oct. 30, 2017 and Dec. 31, 2018, the consumption site at the Sheldon Chumir Health Centre saw 54,473 clients. Continue reading
Health officials say a makeshift supervised consumption site in Calgary has already had over 2,500 visits from clients since opening in the fall of 2017. Continue reading
The provincial government announced Friday that Calgary will become the first city in Alberta to operate a supervised consumption site. Continue reading
Alberta has applied to Health Canada to set up a safe injection site at a health centre in downtown Calgary. Continue reading