Alberta Launching 2 Recovery Facilities Ahead of Tabling Involuntary Addiction Treatment Legislation
CALGARY—The Alberta government will build two addiction recovery facilities as it prepares to introduce legislation for the involuntary treatment of people deemed to pose a public safety risk due to addiction issues.
The province made the announcement at a Feb. 24 press conference in Calgary, where Mental Health and Addictions Minister Dan Williams described the infrastructure project as a foundation for the “Compassionate Intervention” bill, which will be introduced in the upcoming legislative session, set to begin on Feb. 25.
The legislation will allow relatives, guardians, health-care professionals, or police officers to request an addiction treatment order for people “who are a danger to the
Ottawa Funded the China Ferry Deal—Then Pretended to Oppose It
While Beijing-backed hackers infiltrated Canadian telecoms, federal and B.C. leaders quietly financed a billion-dollar shipbuilding deal with a Chinese state firm—then tried to pass the buck.
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Some of these things I still miss
I grew up without safe spaces.
I grew up without trigger warnings.
I drank water from the hose.
I ate peanuts in class.
None of us wore a helmet.
Kids got hurt. We fell down. And we signed a lot of casts.
We couldn’t pause TV. We’d call out “It’s on!” as soon as the commercials started to end (for those who had left the room). And we watched our favourite shows as a family.
There was no next day delivery.
There was no bundle this with that.
There was no internet. Skip the Dishes didn’t exist.
Fast food was not the norm. It was easier to eat healthy. There were home phones. There was VH.........
