Alberta government faces another legal fight to keep supervised consumption sites open

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The Alberta government announced it plans to close the supervised consumption site at the Sheldon M. Chumir Health Centre at the end of June, more than five years after it first announced plans to shutter the site.https://i.cbc.ca/ais/9b75d3eb-d644-49ef-87f4-b1bccc79fe43,1775691126641/full/max/0/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C941%2C5712%2C3213%29%3BResize%3D%28620%29" title="The Alberta government announced it plans to close the supervised consumption site at the Sheldon M. Chumir Health Centre at the end of June, more than five years after it first announced plans to shutter the service." width="620" />

Less than a year after a judge ruled on a similar case in Red Deer, the provincial government is facing an injunction seeking to stop supervised consumption services from closing in Calgary and Lethbridge.

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