Lethbridge SCS

• Lethbridge Police Commission reviews data from first full month following closure of SCS

  Data from the first full month after the shutdown of the city's supervised consumption site was presented at a Lethbridge Police Commission meeting on Wednesday.

  Crime

  Oct 29, 2020
  
• Lethbridge sees drop in opioid-related EMS calls as province reports jump in overdose deaths

  The province's COVID-19 Opioid Response Surveillance Report was released on Wednesday, shining a light on some alarming numbers from the first half of 2020. 

  Health

  Sep 23, 2020
  
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• Harm-reduction rally held in Lethbridge: ‘Like taking a hospital away from a community and leaving an ambulance’

  International Overdose Awareness Day coincided with the closure of Lethbridge's supervised consumption site (SCS) on Monday, and in response to both a rally was held at city hall. 

  Health

  Aug 31, 2020
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• ARCHES to cease supervised consumption services on Aug. 31

  After funding was pulled by the Alberta government last month, ARCHES has set Aug. 31 as the final date for services at Lethbridge's supervised consumption site (SCS) as well as its needle debris pickup program.

  Health

  Aug 12, 2020
• ARCHES audit findings turned over to Lethbridge police for investigation

  The audit findings, released July 16, alleged the site's operator, ARCHES, mismanaged public funds.

  Crime

  Jul 23, 2020
• Board-initiated review of Lethbridge supervised consumption site released, provincial audit still to come

  The organization that runs Lethbridge's controversial supervised consumption site (SCS) has released the early results of an organizational review initiated by its board of directors. 

  Canada

  Jul 8, 2020
• Lethbridge police investigating sudden death at supervised consumption site

  The Lethbridge Police Service is investigating a sudden death at the city's supervised consumption site early Wednesday afternoon. 

  Crime

  Jun 3, 2020
• Lethbridge city council and ARCHES respond to premier’s supervised consumption comments

  Results from a UCP-appointed panel could soon determine the fate of the province's seven supervised consumption sites.

  Canada

  Jan 22, 2020
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• Lethbridge businesses seeing increase in antisocial behaviours: study

  The report said antisocial behaviours cannot be unequivocally and entirely attributed to Lethbridge's supervised consumption site, due largely to sample size and an ongoing drug epidemic.

  Canada

  Jan 21, 2020
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• Lethbridge moves forward with upgrades to intox facility

  Those battling addictions in Lethbridge will soon have access to the city's first intox centre, as a nearly $700,000 renovation to a shelter will create the community's first Alpha House. 

  Canada

  Dec 11, 2019