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Dear Editor It is difficult to express the horror and grief many people across Canada felt this week after the Tk'emlups te Secwépemc First Nation announced that 215 Indigenous children were . . .
Posted: Mar 11, 2021 5:14 PM CT | Last Updated: March 11 Claudia Turner and Richard Wolfe are at the forefront of the movement to secure the future of North Battleford's Lighthouse shelter. (Kendall Latimer/CBC) Claudia Turner and Richard Wolfe are leading the quest to save the Lighthouse — an emergency shelter in North Battleford, Sask., that serves vulnerable people. "I know what it's like to be homeless ... needing somebody to talk to needing the support, just needing a boost," Turner said. "That's why I'm determined to help them, because I've been there." Turner questions whether...
Since 2016, we have seen fundamental changes to programs like assured income for people with disabilities, cuts to the rental housing supplement, changes to social housing and rental support programs, and even – at one point – degrading cuts to funeral assistance for people on income support. All of these changes have brought us to where we are now, during a global pandemic that has further impacted housing stability and income security for many of Saskatchewan’s most vulnerable people. The Lighthouse Serving the Battlefords has announced its closure on April 1st, 2021. Twenty-two ful...