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Article content Prairie Harm Reduction’s supervised drug consumption site is looking to hire additional staff and expand its hours after an impromptu community fundraising campaign netted more than $180,000. Prairie Harm Reduction, which operates Saskatchewan’s only supervised consumption site in its building on 20th Street West, has twice asked the Saskatchewan government for funds to operate the site on a 24/7 basis. After that request was denied for a second time last month, businesses — including a butcher, a movie theatre and a pole-dancing studio — joined forces to raise the cas...

Broadway Theatre sold popcorn to raise funds for Saskatoon's Prairie Harm Reduction. (Twitter/Broadway Theatre) When Prairie Harm Reduction (PHR) was down, the community of Saskatoon stood up. Just over three weeks following the news of the harm reduction organization’s rejection of provincial funding, more than 350 donations have come in from the community. That’s according to a very grateful executive director, Jason Mercredi. “It’s been kind of a crazy, whirlwind month. We had one fundraiser planned for April, Darkside Donuts. Then it just snowballed,” he said. “People have bee...

Governments signal their priorities through money, not words. There is no clearer evidence of this than in the recent budget unveiled by the federal government. Provincially, this pattern also holds true. Talk is cheap and funding fuels action that in the case of substance use, translates into lives saved. That is why the Saskatchewan government’s recent denial of funding to Prairie Harm Reduction is so troubling . The organization applied for...

Posted: Apr 08, 2021 11:51 AM CT | Last Updated: April 8 A person holds a sign reading 'protect humanity' as they rally in support of Prairie Harm Reduction in Saskatoonon April 7, 2021.(Matt Garand/CBC) After Saskatchewan's government once again declined to support the province's only supervised drug consumption site in this year's budget, supporters of Prairie Harm Reduction (PHR) took to the streets in Saskatoon to show their support for the organization and criticize the government's decision. Chokecherry Studios organized the physically distanced rally on April 7, and dozens of supporter...

Posted: Mar 11, 2021 6:00 AM CT | Last Updated: March 11 On Week 5, the group tried doughnuts from Fresh Carnival including chocolate brownie, white chocolate raspberry and an old-fashioned sour cream.(Submitted by Arielle Zerr) comments It's an odyssey worthy of Homer — Homer Simpson, that is. Arielle Zerr and two of her best friends decided to seek out the best doughnuts on offer in Regina to combat COVID cabin fever. "I live alone, so my family is my best friend and her husband,' said Zerr. "We were looking for something to have a little more fun." They noticed a trend of artisan do...