Edmonton detox unit moving; supervised consumption site future unknown
Global News
Edmonton city councillors have approved a rezoning application, allowing the George Spady Society to move its medically supported detoxification unit.
Edmonton city councillors have approved a rezoning application, allowing the George Spady Society to move its medically supported detoxification unit.
At a public hearing held Tuesday morning, no one signed up to speak either for or against the move.
The detox unit will move from 100 Street and 105A Avenue to 156th Street on Stony Plain Road.
In an email, George Spady Society CEO Lorette Garrick told Global News the move is to add capacity to the current operations.
The rezoning was required as the zoning only allowed for a 1,000-square-metre healthcare facility. Now it will be zoned for 2,000 square metres.
Garrick told council the current supervised consumption site downtown will not be moving to the new building as it does not allow for that service.
The site will stay open downtown for about a year, but the George Spady Society would not release details on what will happen to it after that.
According to Alberta Health Services, the Spady site is one of three in Edmonton.
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