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Saskatoon Mayor Charlie Clark talks homelessness, big projects and the epithet “Bike Lane Charlie.”

Saskatoon Tribal Council is relocating and expanding its emergency wellness centre from its downtown location to the Fairhaven neighbourhood in the southwest of the city, the organization announced on Friday. The new facility will provide 106 emergency beds, including 31 being moved from The Lighthouse Supported Living.

The Saskatoon Tribal Councils (STC) downtown homeless shelter is moving to a new location and expanding.

Tribal council to more than double its "peacekeeper" staff around the site.

Posted: Jun 15, 2021 5:51 PM CT | Last Updated: June 15 Extreme heat poses a threat to Saskatoons homeless population. People are encouraged to seek shelter at cooldown locations that provide shade and water. (CBC) A heat warning has been issued for Saskatoon in light of Tuesdays temperature getting above 30 C.  As homeless people in the city find themselves at risk from the extreme heat, the Saskatoon Housing Initiatives Partnership (SHIP) is working in partnership with several locations in ...

An emergency homeless shelter in North Battleford is closing its doors. The North Battleford Lighthouse emergency shelter program is being forced to close after losing about $500,000 from . . .

Upstairs, Serendipity and Hergott found six people unconscious. They started administering naloxone, a life-saving opioid overdose antidote. They had never done it before, and now they were reviving six people at once. “Your hands are shaking, and you’re getting frustrated because your hands are shaking. You can’t do things how you want to in your head, because you’re so pumped up on adrenalin, but we only have so much time, and this needs to happen now,” Hergott recalled. One by one,...

Upstairs, Serendipity and Hergott found six people unconscious. They started administering naloxone, a life-saving opioid overdose antidote. They had never done it before, and now they were reviving six people at once. “Your hands are shaking, and you’re getting frustrated because your hands are shaking. You can’t do things how you want to in your head, because you’re so pumped up on adrenalin, but we only have so much time, and this needs to happen now,” Hergott recalled. One by one,...