A news report from the Calgary Police Service shows an increase in calls to police near the supervised consumption site at the Sheldon M. Chumir Health Centre.

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.

A number of social agencies and members of the public presented their concerns about the supervised consumption site to Calgary's community services committee.

The councillors' initiatives follow a recent police report about a spike in crime in the vicinity of the centre.

No one is in custody for the nightclub stabbing, police said.

Calgary police took one man into custody on Thursday afternoon after a standoff at a downtown health centre.

Alberta continues to see high numbers of overdose deaths related to fentanyl and other opioids.

Alberta has applied to Health Canada to set up a safe injection site at a health centre in downtown Calgary.