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In 2024, drugs were consumed at the site 1,212 times – 55% more than the total DORS app sessions. DORS still has an operating contract.
The DORS app was supposed to keep people safe while using drugs at home. But in 4 years, it has activated just 51 ambulances.
The app isn't used 41% of days.
Meanwhile, the AB govt is dismantling the option that works: supervised consumption. 1/
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In 2024, drugs were consumed at the site 1,212 times – 55% more than the total DORS app sessions. DORS still has an operating contract.
The RCMP’s use of that program was found to have violated Canada’s federal private sector privacy laws.
It’s not much of a stretch to imagine our chains - Loblaw, Sobeys and Metro, plus Walmart and Costco - may follow suit (if they haven’t already).
https://cnn.it/4jGXMTQ
The RCMP’s use of that program was found to have violated Canada’s federal private sector privacy laws.
It’s not much of a stretch to imagine our chains - Loblaw, Sobeys and Metro, plus Walmart and Costco - may follow suit (if they haven’t already).
Big trial, starting today.
www.nationalobserver.com/2026/01/12/a...
Big trial, starting today.
www.nationalobserver.com/2026/01/12/a...
Fast-forward six years, the line has been abandoned in favour of something suggesting law is not so much a rule but something to be manipulated.
@amandafollett.bsky.social writes. 🪧💬
I looked at RTs and views for every tweet* sent by Liberal MPs yesterday
Out of 46 tweets, 21 Liberal MPs racked up a combined 475 retweets
34% had zero RTs. Only 17% got more than 10 RTs
3 tweets accounted for over half of all engagement
I looked at RTs and views for every tweet* sent by Liberal MPs yesterday
Out of 46 tweets, 21 Liberal MPs racked up a combined 475 retweets
34% had zero RTs. Only 17% got more than 10 RTs
3 tweets accounted for over half of all engagement
Now Carney has tasked Solomon with cheerleading the worst evils of AI while ICE uses it to rebuild apartheid.
www.404media.co/ice-is-using...
Now Carney has tasked Solomon with cheerleading the worst evils of AI while ICE uses it to rebuild apartheid.
www.404media.co/ice-is-using...
Sorry, but if you won’t take a hard line against CSAM, what’s the point?
Sorry, but if you won’t take a hard line against CSAM, what’s the point?
Elon Musk backs down in his fight with Brazilian judges to restore X
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Elon Musk backs down in his fight with Brazilian judges to restore X
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
The DORS app was supposed to keep people safe while using drugs at home. But in 4 years, it has activated just 51 ambulances.
The app isn't used 41% of days.
Meanwhile, the AB govt is dismantling the option that works: supervised consumption. 1/
drugdatadecoded.ca/overdose-app...
The DORS app was supposed to keep people safe while using drugs at home. But in 4 years, it has activated just 51 ambulances.
The app isn't used 41% of days.
Meanwhile, the AB govt is dismantling the option that works: supervised consumption. 1/
drugdatadecoded.ca/overdose-app...
As for auto thefts and assaults, the data showed no consistent association with the sites, the study found."
Protect the remaining supervised consumption sites in AB: call your municipal reps, organize rallies, do everything people have done since 2019 to protect them!
Spread the word: Science Says SCS Reduce Crime. 8/
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As for auto thefts and assaults, the data showed no consistent association with the sites, the study found."
chatnewstoday.ca/2026/01/09/s...
chatnewstoday.ca/2026/01/09/s...
The DORS app was supposed to keep people safe while using drugs at home. But in 4 years, it has activated just 51 ambulances.
The app isn't used 41% of days.
Meanwhile, the AB govt is dismantling the option that works: supervised consumption. 1/
drugdatadecoded.ca/overdose-app...
The DORS app was supposed to keep people safe while using drugs at home. But in 4 years, it has activated just 51 ambulances.
The app isn't used 41% of days.
Meanwhile, the AB govt is dismantling the option that works: supervised consumption. 1/
drugdatadecoded.ca/overdose-app...