by DeeAnn Mercier | Aug 15, 2016 | Addictions, Affordable Housing, Homelessness, Housing Plus, Life at The Lighthouse, Mental Health, Social Issues
Kevin O. grew up in Gull Lake, Saskatchewan. As a teenager, he received a six string guitar from his parents for Christmas and immediately fell in love with music. He taught himself to play and eventually switched to the bass when he started his first band called The...
by DeeAnn Mercier | May 12, 2015 | 90 Day Challenge, Addictions, Homelessness, Lighthouse in the News, Media, Mental Health, Partners, Photography, Poverty, Social Issues
May 11, 2015 in 90 Days of Innovation: Ready Every Day There’s a new addictions counsellor at the Lighthouse, and she goes by the name of Leanne Murdaugh. “She’s very respectful and kind,” says David, a client of Leanne’s, who visits the Lighthouse almost every day to...
by DeeAnn Mercier | Feb 17, 2015 | Addictions, Complex Needs Wing, Emergency Shelter, Homelessness, Housing Plus, Life at The Lighthouse, Lighthouse in the News, Lighthouse Mobile Outreach, Media, Partners, Photography, Social Issues, Stabilization Emergency Shelter, Volunteers
Tuesday, February 17, 2015 Saskatoon Health Region’s 14-Day Challenge, which ended yesterday, has resulted in a new six-month pilot project at the Lighthouse Supported Living in partnership with the Region and M.D. Ambulance. The Lighthouse is a community-based...
by DeeAnn Mercier | Apr 28, 2014 | Addictions, Homelessness, Life at The Lighthouse, Lighthouse in the News, Media, Mental Health, Partners, Photography, Poverty, Social Issues
(April 28, 2014) Saskatoon – Saskatoon Health Region’s Primary Health Bus is heading downtown this afternoon to a new location. On Mondays the bus will be located at The Lighthouse Supported Living to provide health-care services to residents and other clients...
by DeeAnn Mercier | Oct 7, 2013 | Lighthouse in the News, Media, Mental Health, Social Issues
BY HILARY KLASSEN, THE STARPHOENIX OCTOBER 5, 2013 Most of us have never lived on the streets, but probably feel some compassion, and possibly ambiguity about those who do. Those suffering from mental illness end up in surprising places; warehoused in prisons, in and...