Source Feed: The Globe and Mail
Author: Nancy Macdonald
Publication Date: September 17, 2025 - 06:00
Several cities have declared states of emergency owing to public disorder triggered by fentanyl crisis
September 17, 2025
The small B.C. town of Smithers is the latest Canadian community to table extraordinary measures to deal with the chaos and disorder triggered by the fentanyl crisis.
Last week, the northern mountain town of 5,400 announced that it will be hiring a team of private security guards to patrol a homeless encampment and the wider downtown from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. weekdays and 24 hours on weekends and holidays.
Unpublished Newswire
According to the Calgary Police Service, 13 per cent of its officers are in accommodated roles and another six per cent are on leave due to "physical or mental injuries."
September 18, 2025 - 20:47 | Adam MacVicar | Global News - Canada
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has directed officials to invoke the Charter’s notwithstanding clause in amending three laws that affect transgender people, says a leaked government memo obtained by The Canadian Press.The internal document sent Sept. 10 by the justice department asks other departments to assemble information as per a directive from Smith’s office to invoke the clause.
September 18, 2025 - 20:34 | Lisa Johnson and Jack Farrell | The Globe and Mail
Perched in the trees along a busy stretch of Highway 97 near 48th Avenue is quite the sight: a large treehouse structure, which is part encampment with numerous tents below.
September 18, 2025 - 20:04 | Klaudia Van Emmerik | Global News - Canada
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