Operating hours for the Red Deer, Alta., supervised consumption site are now cut in half, as the facility moves to shut down by March.

Recovery Alberta, the agency in charge of delivering mental health and addiction services, has staffed a new clinic to serve the area during the daytime. But a local homeless shelter is launching a team to replace the gap at night.

"The key period when… overdoses happen right now are primarily in the evening and the night," said Percy Goddard, executive director o…