Social service agencies in Calgary and Edmonton are currently working with the province to replace the Sheldon Chumir Health Centre supervised consumption site. In a statement provided to LiveWire Calgary, the province said it was
A recent study from the University of Calgary shows that supervised consumption sites (SCS) have saved Alberta nearly $2.3 million dollars. The study was led by UCalgary Nursing assistant professor Dr. Jennifer Jackson who wanted to show why SCS
Calgary addiction centres have seen a steady decrease in client intake numbers due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Centres are unable to see patients who have COVID-19 and social distancing has been a challenge for
In our first episode of 2020, LiveWired in Calgary host Darren Krause looks at changes to the way Alberta has funded post-secondary, actual data on crime trends around Calgary’s Supervised Consumption Sites (SCS) and a
More than 22,400 needles have been collected in a yearlong partnership between the Alpha House and city firefighters to address Calgary needle debris. The combined effort has also resulted in more than 900 fewer needle
Why aren’t more Calgary heritage homes designated as a municipal historic resource? Host Darren Krause talks to Lorna Cordeiro about why she did it – and how simple it is. He also talks about ‘none
Forest Lawn residents were already “fractured” on support for a proposed mobile supervised consumption unit in their area, but recent social disorder crime statistics near the Sheldon Chumir site have the community association backing away
