Calgary Council puts Calgary Supervised Consumption Site decision back on province

A decision about whether to close the Supervised Consumption Site (SCS) in Calgary's Beltline is back in the hands of the Alberta Government. Council voted to replace a motion to advocate the province for the site's closure with another motion to have the mayor write to the province to ask them to make an informed decision about the future of the site. The latter motion was then defeated in a 5-9 vote against. The decision, which came after about an hour of debate, essentially means city council