Sheldon M. Chumir Health Centre

• Safe consumption site not moving to Calgary Drop-In Centre: Ellis

  "Instead, Alberta's government will be supporting the Calgary Drop-in Centre to establish a medical detox and a dynamic outreach and overdose response in the community."

  Health

  Sep 2, 2022
  
• Calgary’s supervised consumption site at Sheldon Chumir centre to close, services being relocated

  The Sheldon Chumir site has been the source of contention in recent years, with police and those living in the area reporting an increase in crime linked to the facility. 

  Health

  May 27, 2021
  
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• Calgary police say increased calls mean ‘positive impact’ near supervised consumption site

  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.

  Crime

  May 29, 2019
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• Calgary cops boost downtown presence as crime spikes near supervised consumption site

  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.

  Crime

  Feb 20, 2019
• Calgary committee hears concerns about 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.

  Health

  Feb 13, 2019
• Calgary city council votes to study safety initiatives for downtown safe consumption site

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

  Canada

  Feb 4, 2019
• 2 separate stabbings hours apart in Calgary

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

  Crime

  Sep 23, 2018
• Standoff at Sheldon M. Chumir health clinic after man spotted with gun

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

  Crime

  Oct 13, 2017
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• 241 fentanyl-related deaths in Alberta in first half of 2017

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

  Canada

  Aug 16, 2017