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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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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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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.
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Edmonton unhoused drop-in demolition gets the nod as community massacre proceeds
Boyle-McCauley suffered 155 unhoused deaths over three months of mass decampments. Meanwhile, a demolition permit was granted, presumably to Katz Group Real Estate, for the former Boyle Street Community Services. Is a real estate land grab driving mass death?
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City of Recovery
Red Deer city council has made history as the first in Canada voting to close an overdose prevention site. Ignoring decades of research, Mayor Ken Johnston asserted this will set the groundwork for the city to become "free from addiction." People across the country should pay attention.
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Red Deer is galloping toward a cliff
Heralding a new phase in the Alberta government's war on harm reduction and hostile takeover of municipalities, closing the city's overdose prevention site could drive 28 preventable deaths a year.
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Chief McFee's unforgivable sin
Edmonton Police Chief Dale McFee has been signalling mass decampment for months. A scheduled Christmas massacre woke up the city to his intentions.