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The association that represents 23 agencies providing supports for survivors of interpersonal violence in Saskatchewan welcomes the increased funding pledged in the provincial budget, but says big systemic change is what’s needed.
The 2021-2022 provincial budget released last week includes a $800,000 funding increase for the response to interpersonal and domestic violence.
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Funding has been a challenge for programs that offer support to interpersonal violence survivors for about a decade, as Jo-Anne Dusel, executive director of the Provincial Association of Transition Houses and Services of Saskatchewan, explained. Shelters are having to absorb increases in costs for groceries, fuel and other supplies, but the funding they receive has not kept up.
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The association that represents 23 agencies providing supports for survivors of interpersonal violence in Saskatchewan welcomes the increased funding pledged in the provincial budget, but says big systemic change is what’s needed.
The 2021-2022 provincial budget released last week includes a $800,000 funding increase for the response to interpersonal and domestic violence.
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Funding has been a challenge for programs that offer support to interpersonal violence survivors for about a decade, as Jo-Anne Dusel, executive director of the Provincial Association of Transition Houses and Services of Saskatchewan, explained. Shelters are having to absorb increases in costs for groceries, fuel and other supplies, but the funding they receive has not kept up.
Posted: Mar 10, 2021 5:00 AM CT | Last Updated: March 10
Terry Murphy has been a pastor for 25 years, 13 of which have been spent in Regina. He is currently the pastor at Regina Victory Church. (Matthew Howard/CBC)
Community leaders are speaking out against a sermon delivered Sunday to the congregation of Regina Victory Church that was critical of LGBT youth.
In the sermon, pastor Terry Murphy pointed to a recent Gallop survey that found one-in-six Gen Z adults are LGBT. If you promote a choice, any choice is acceptable, and people will start to begin to make it more, Murphy said in his sermon, which was broadcast live on Facebook.
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Posted: Feb 23, 2021 7:02 PM CT | Last Updated: February 24
Regina olice Chief Evan Bray says it is likely that the COVID-19 pandemic has had an impact on crime trends in Regina. (CBC News)
Statistics released Tuesday say total reported crime in Regina decreased 27 per cent in 2020 from 2019, but arson and sexual assaults saw a large increase.
The city s police commissioners board released the Regina Police Service s year-end crime statistics for 2020 at a Tuesday meeting.
Crimes against people decreased only slightly in 2020, down by four per cent from the year before, but crimes against property dropped drastically, down by 35 per cent compared to the previous year.