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Read – 50 Stories Part 16 Happy Anniversary! Twenty years after its beginnings as the Drug Information Centre, Calgary Mayor Al Duerr proclaimed Distress Centre/Drug Centre week, March 18-24, 1990. […]
Read More… from 50 Stories Part 17: Celebrating the 20th Anniversary
Read – 50 Stories Part 15 Counselling continued to be a key aspect of the Distress Centre/Drug Centre services. At the 10th anniversary reception, Jeanette noted that there were 1000 […]
Read More… from 50 Stories Part 16: More Than a Warm Heart: Counselling in the 80s
Image: Volunteer in a 1982 newspaper. Read – 50 Stories Part 14 During the 80s, The Board of Directors was able to move slowly towards more of a governance-only role. […]
Read More… from 50 Stories Part Story 15: Taking care of business
Distress Centre turns 50 TODAY! Happy birthday Distress Centre! We first opened our doors 50 years ago on April 14th, 1970. We’ve changed names and locations many times over the […]
Image: This image of volunteers appeared in our 20 year anniversary publication in 1990. Read – 50 Stories Part 13 At the 1980 AGM, Jeanette McEachern was proud to say […]
Read More… from 50 Stories Part 14: Lending an Ear in the 80s
Distress Centre Calgary has provided 24 hour crisis support to our community for 50 years. We have responded to over 2.5 million calls, emails, chats, texts and counselling requests since April 14, […]
Read More… from Distress Centre is here for Calgarians during the COVID-19 pandemic
Image: Appeared in our 20 year anniversary publication in 1990. Read – 50 Stories Part 12 By 1980, the first location of the Drug Information Centre had turned into Bandito’s […]
Read – 50 Stories Part 11 In the early 70’s, most Drug Information Centre callers were adolescent. By the early 80’s, the Distress Centre/Drug Centre “found that teenage service users […]
Read – 50 Stories Part 10 1980 marked the 10th anniversary of the Distress Centre/Drug Centre. At the Annual General Meeting, Chair Hilde Houlding was pleased to note that: “The […]
Read More… from 50 Stories Part 11: A time to grow, Distress Centre in the 80s
CALGARY, Alta, March 16, 2020 – At Distress Centre Calgary, we’re closely monitoring the COVID-19 (novel coronavirus) situation and will continue to closely follow the guidance from the City of […]
Read More… from UPDATE: Distress Centre’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic
In the spirit of respect, reciprocity and truth, Distress Centre Calgary would like to honour and acknowledge Moh’kinsstis, and the traditional Treaty 7 territory and oral practices of the Blackfoot confederacy: Siksika, Kainai, Piikani, as well as the Îyâxe Nakoda and Tsuut’ina nations. We acknowledge that this territory is home to the Otipemisiwak Métis Government of the Métis Nation within Alberta Districts 5 and 6. Finally, we acknowledge all Nations – Indigenous and non – who live, work and play on this land, and who honour and celebrate this territory.
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