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Less than a month after its executive director was placed on leave, five members of the senior leadership team at Lighthouse Supported Living have been let go.
OTTAWA — Staff at shelters and homeless agencies are struggling to support people living on the streets as the highly transmissible Omicron COVID-19 variant sweeps through communities.
OTTAWA - Staff at shelters and homeless agencies are struggling to support people living on the streets as the highly transmissible Omicron COVID-19 variant sweeps through communities.
Article content Saskatchewan’s government and a Saskatoon non-profit are considering offering drug-checking services after repeated reports of powerful opioids being laced into substances like crystal meth, sometimes with fatal outcomes. Saskatchewan Mental Health and Addictions Minister Everett Hindley said the government will incorporate drug-checking services into mobile harm reduction vans that it plans to base in Prince Albert, Saskatoon and Regina. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser. Drug checking services may come to Saskatoon as fentanyl de...
Pacik said local police officers, firefighters and staff from community organizations like Prairie Harm Reduction (PHR) — which operates the province's only supervised drug consumption site — were among those to receive a shot. "To be able to share that gift with the folks that support our programs and our people here, it gives you such a wonderful feeling," she said. "It's just a win, win, win all around." Anna Pacik, the organization’s manager of fundraising and communications, says sharing the vaccines is a "win, win, win" as it benefits both frontline staff and those the Lighthous...