North Battleford emergency shelter to shut down
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 . . .
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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, people returned to consciousness. Some sat up, suddenly awake; others quietly snored. “It’s alm...
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, people returned to consciousness. Some sat up, suddenly awake; others quietly snored. “It’s alm...