Prince Albert city council will decide Monday whether to approve a $3.68-million federal grant to launch a Mobile Complex Needs Team aimed at tackling the city’s rising overdose crises.

The funding comes from Health Canada’s Emergency Treatment Fund and would support operations from September 2025 to March 2027. If approved, the initiative will bring together Community Safety Officers from the Prince Albert Police Service, medical staff from Parkland Ambulance, and crisis workers from the Prince Albert Mobile Crisis Unit.

City officials say the team is designed to give a faster, coordinated response when residents are in distress. Instead of contacting the police, ambulance, and social workers separately, the unit would operate as one, providing medical treatment, safety support, and cri

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