Turning Point Society continues to streamline critical overdose prevention services to Central Albertans as a new Clinical Manager takes on the leadership of the temporary Overdose Prevention Site. RED DEER, ALBERTA, Jan. 1, 2023 — Turning Point Society is pleased to announce Cori Carlson (RN, BScN) as the Overdose Prevention Site’s (OPS’s) new Clinical Manager, […]
This excerpt is from a conversation had with one of our clients on October 20, 2020. “It went from nice and warm to freezing cold – and I really dislike the cold. I’ve been trying to do the housing program and get off the street that way but my drug use, a lack of housing, […]
This excerpt is from a conversation had with one of our past clients on October 13, 2020. “I was in Red Deer for five years. The stigma surrounding homelessness is huge down there – especially being native. There was the constant assumption that I was stealing, doing something wrong, or some sort of crime – […]
This excerpt is from a conversation had with one of our clients on October 8, 2020. “I had my own auto detailing business for six and a half years. A lot of chaos with my ex-husband there and then I moved back to Red Deer in early 2011. Red Deer’s a beautiful place but it’s […]
This excerpt is from a conversation had with one of our clients on October 6, 2020. “I moved back to Red Deer about five years ago. In that time, I’ve had some of the best and worst times of my life. I lost my fiance to an opioid overdose three years ago in March. We […]