A critical public hearing is approaching on February 15th in Red Deer, where the city council will deliberate on a motion to urge the provincial government to remove the Overdose Prevention Site (OPS) from our city.
๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ข๐—ฃ๐—ฆ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ฎ ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ฒ-๐˜€๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐˜†, ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐Ÿฑ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐˜‚๐—ฝ ๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—น ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฐ.
Here is how you can help: We are eagerly seeking those with personal experiences related to the OPS.
If you, your loved ones, family members, or friends have benefited from the OPS and are now navigating the path to recovery, we want to hear about the positive impact the OPS had.
Your firsthand experiences are incredibly impactful, providing powerful insights that can help our community and council members truly understand the vital role the OPS has played in transforming lives.
๐Ÿ—“ ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ: ๐—ง๐—ต๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜†, ๐—™๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฑ๐˜๐—ต
๐Ÿ•˜ ๐—ง๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ: ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐Ÿต ๐—”๐— 
๐Ÿ“ ๐—Ÿ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป: ๐—–๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—น ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€, ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐——๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—–๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐—›๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น (๐—ข๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ณ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—บ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐—ฅ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ณ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฟ)
Each speaker will have up to five minutes and can be questioned by council members. Remember to stay respectful and constructive โ€“ hate speech will not be tolerated.
๐—œ๐—ณ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚’๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—น๐—น ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ต ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜, ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜†๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—น@๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ.๐—ฐ๐—ฎ. Your written submissions are just as important and will be considered by the council.
Thank you for your support!