Closing Calgary’s only supervised consumption site without any alternatives would be a mistake — a fatal one to the people who access the services — and cause more havoc for Beltline businesses and residents.

Police data says crime is down but Calgarians would disagree. This mismatch suggests a significant divide between the reality of safety and the perception of safety. What is this mismatch?

On a typical Sunday walk through downtown, Calgarians encounter glass pipes shattered across sidewalks, people openly using drugs at building corners, the stench of urine and feces in the air, and the remnants of garbage and encampments leaving imprints on the pavement. Business owners arrive to work to find broken windows, hazardous debris blocking their entrances and ongoing concerns for the saf

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