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Injunction stalls Red Deer overdose prevention site rollback
The first legal decision favouring supervised consumption site users in Alberta since 2020 could turn the tide against five years of site closures.
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Province refuses to disclose Calgary Recovery Community contract awarded in 2023
Documents reveal new details about the recovery community grant competition hurried through the Ministry of Mental Health and Addiction in 2023. The Ministry continues to withhold details about the recipient previously hinted at by Drug Data Decoded.
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UCP coordinated overdose prevention site closure with Red Deer city councillor
Documents show the United Conservatives were working with city councillors intent on driving the closure of supervised consumption services in Red Deer as early as 2022.
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Was Last Door granted Calgary Recovery Community?
Unannounced by the Alberta government, all signs point to the controversial UCP-aligned recovery organization bagging a lucrative contract for Calgary's new centre.
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Calgary city council just says no
Calgary city council took a defiant stance against the Alberta government's attempt to have council do its dirty work. For once, the trash took itself out in Alberta.
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Private recovery app targeting shelters, prisons & consumption sites may distort outcome data
An app that privatizes health information of recovery patients is aimed at Alberta shelters, correctional facilities and supervised consumption sites. In one case, data from the app that showed a negative outcome was suppressed, but the government still publicly reported it.