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“We as council hear all the time that we have problems with crime, we have gangs, all of these situations that are present in the city,” he told the meeting. “We have to do something about it. We have an organization, the John Howard Society that wants to do something about it.” Ogrodnick argued it would be better to have vulnerable youth living in a supportive, supervised facility than renting an apartment themselves, something he said could very well happen “if we don’t approve this.” The proposed location of the care home beside Kinsmen Park is shown in red. (Council Agenda Package/City of P.A.) ....
Prince Albert city council puts brakes on residential care home for at risk youth In a narrow 5-4 decision Monday night, Prince Albert council nixed plans to move forward with a residential care home for at risk youth in the city. The John Howard Society of Saskatchewan had applied for a rezoning permit to convert an apartment building on 1 st Avenue West into a supervised facility for about five young people aged 18-21. Two staff would serve in a supervisory capacity on a 24-hour basis. The idea was to provide a place for these youth to live while they participated in various programming including work skills training, land-based learning and cultural connections. ....
SASKATOON A Prince Albert senior has spent about 900 hours this past year knitting and crocheting scarves for people in the city who are living homeless. Eleanor George, 84, said it took her a minimum of five hours to make each scarf. With knitting and crochet needles in her hands for several hours a day this past year, she managed to make 175 scarves to gift to the less fortunate. “Not everybody gets something homemade,” said George. “I always feel there’s a need in the city.” She also washed, dried, conditioned and individually bagged the scarves. George donated them to city council’s annual holiday initiative that distributes bags of necessities to homeless people in Prince Albert. The pandemic has forced its usual Christmas Eve get-together at the Union Centre, where people can pick up the bags and visit over coffee and snacks. ....
Since last Christmas, Eleanor George spent close to 900 hours knitting and crocheting scarves for the homeless and less fortunate across Prince Albert. George made, washed, dried, conditioned, and bagged 175 scarves for the ‘Stuffing Purses and Bags for the Homeless’ charity drive, spearheaded each year by City of Prince Albert councillor Charlene Miller. This year ‘Stuffing Purses and Bags for the Homeless’ will have all city councillors collecting warm winter clothing items like toques, gloves, socks and scarves and divide them into bags and purses. These will be donated to the detox centres and homeless shelters throughout the city. “I always feel there is a need in the city for something,” George said, on why she makes the scarves. ....