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Cities to parties: Fill housing gaps for seniors, Indigenous people
OTTAWA - Canada's cities are asking federal parties to add more than $800 million a year to the national government's decade-long housing strategy and fill gaps in the plan over its remaining eight ye...
Aug 28, 2019
Street salon a hit in downtown Saskatoon
A small gesture from a downtown barber shop is making a big impression in Saskatoon. Empire Barber and Beauty Co., formerly Ethos Salon Spa, made the best of a slow July 30 afternoon by offering free ...
Aug 10, 2019 Ashley Wiebe (right) took her barber chair to the streets of downtown Saskatoon to offer free haircuts during a slow afternoon. (Empire Barber and Beauty Co. /Facebook)
Saskatoon activates heat response strategy as temperatures soar
The late-spring heat wave is the first test run for Saskatoon's newly minted heat response strategy. The partnership between the city and 19 community agencies helps the homeless and vulnerable famili...
May 30, 2019
Cold weather challenges Saskatoon shelters
With temperatures dipping to potentially deadly lows, agencies that help Saskatoon's homeless are working to make sure no one is left in the cold. Director of residential services Marc Cheriyan said t...
Feb 06, 2019
Non-profit gives out pizza as part of 'Feed the Homeless' campaign
There was a pizza party for the homeless Saturday afternoon at the Lighthouse and Friendship Inn in Saskatoon. "The comments were overwhelming," said Co-ordinator for Saskatoon's Humanity First branch...
Jan 14, 2017
Report finds nothing wrong with bus tickets given to homeless men in Sask.
Proper procedures were followed according to a report into bus tickets given to two homeless men in Saskatchewan back in March. But the Ministry of Social Services has taken a look at some of its tran...
Jul 07, 2016
Carmichael Outreach seeing increasing demand for meals
Carmichael Outreach in Regina has seen a considerable spike in the number of meals it serves annually. "I'm not sure what I would attribute it to, but I mean the last three years we've seen pretty sub...
Mar 25, 2016
La Ronge death points to greater need to support homeless
The death of a homeless Montreal Lake woman in La Ronge is raising questions about support services in the northern community. Nicole "Tracey" Bird was found dead Saturday morning, Feb. 27. RCMP said ...
Mar 01, 2016
Social Services Minister responds to Lighthouse funding concern
Social Services Minister Donna Harpauer is defending her department's support at the Lighthouse Supported Living shelter in Saskatoon. "Funding has not been cut to Lighthouse. Right now the contr...
Feb 16, 2016
'Life comes before property;' The ongoing struggle with homelessness in Saskatoon
Chris Moyah can remember in vivid detail the two months he spent living under the bridge in Prince Albert. After an argument, he was thrown out of a friend's home without a backup plan. He found ...
Sep 19, 2015
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