by DeeAnn Mercier | Feb 15, 2016 | Addictions, Homelessness, Housing Plus, Mental Health, Poverty, Social Issues, Stabilization Emergency Shelter
ANDREA HILL, SASKATOON STARPHOENIX More from Andrea Hill, Saskatoon StarPhoenix A funding shortfall has forced Saskatoon’s Lighthouse Supported Living shelter to cancel its daytime program. People who are homeless, intoxicated or otherwise need a safe place to stay...
by DeeAnn Mercier | Dec 18, 2015 | Donate, Housing Plus, Life at The Lighthouse, Lighthouse in the News, Lighthouse Mobile Outreach, Media, Photography, Staff, Stories of The Lighthouse
More than 30 homeless people in Saskatoon have warm new winter coats, thanks to a small group of young aboriginal people. “I felt really good. I knew these people, I work with these people every day, and to see the looks on their faces and their gratitude, it was an...
by DeeAnn Mercier | Mar 20, 2015 | Cameco, Community Kitchen, Donate, Ideas, Lighthouse Mobile Outreach, Volunteers
How should people handle panhandling in Saskatoon? The issue has come to the forefront in the media in the past couple of weeks, with many people weighing in. A 2011 article in the Atlantic stated: I’m certain that there are some cases where donations to an...
by DeeAnn Mercier | Dec 16, 2014 | Cameco, Community Kitchen, Homelessness, Life at The Lighthouse, Lighthouse in the News, Media, Partners, Photography, Poverty, Programs, Social Issues, The Dube Lighthouse, Videos, Volunteers
BY CHARLES HAMILTON, THE STARPHOENIX DECEMBER 15, 2014 Fresh, free food for the city’s needy is now on the menu at a downtown shelter. The Lighthouse has opened a new soup kitchen at its downtown headquarters. The shelter will now provide free meals to the public...
by DeeAnn Mercier | Nov 14, 2014 | Emergency Shelter, Housing Plus, Life at The Lighthouse, Lighthouse in the News, Media, Photography, Social Issues, Stories of The Lighthouse, Videos
David Ristow was lying next to his partner when she was shot and killed. He survived the bullet but the mental scars remain BY CHARLES HAMILTON, THE STARPHOENIX First he bought the booze. It was a bottle of Bacardi white rum. After downing it, he went to a Dollar...
