So Calgary has stopped giving out free crack pipes as part of it’s harm reduction strategy. Since 2008, Alberta Health Services had been giving out crack-pipe kits as part of the Safeworks program, an effort to reduce transmittable diseases. The kits contained a glass pipe, mouthpiece and cleaning tool and were handed out in an [...]
Salvation Army
My week in review
On Sunday I decided to take the family to Waskesiu for the day. We drove up through Prince Albert, past the Prince Albert Penitentiary and Riverbend Institution (Wendy was curious over where the Salvation Army has our prison barbecue) and then to Waskesiu (Mark thought we were headed to the cabin via Regina but in [...]
I’m angry at the government as well
Cosmo Industries is upset with the City of Saskatoon City Council. I am to but for totally different reasons. Saskatoon doesn’t have a minor league ball team, the Riders don’t hold their training camp in Saskatoon anymore, there is a massive pothole on a street I drive to work on. The list goes on. Cosmo’s [...]
Wollaston Lake
Since the middle of last week when the Wollaston Lake fire forced the evacuation of the community to Prince Albert and to two locations in Saskatoon, I have been handling food services at the Saskatoon Kinsmen / Henk Ruys Soccer Centre for the Salvation Army EDS since the first evacuees arrived. What generally happens is [...]
Roadtrip
On Monday five of us from work took a roadtrip to Calgary to check out the Salvation Army’s Centre of Hope, a large homeless shelter in the downtown of Calgary. I was the only non-smoker on the trip which meant a lot of stops along the way. Rosetown, Kindersley, Alsask, Hanna, and Drumheller. The trip [...]
The Cost of Homelessness
I had an opportunity to speak as a panel at City Hospital yesterday to a room of social workers on the cost of homelessness. The Star Phoenix did cover a bit of what I talked about in today’s paper. Implementing a plan with the idea that "everything starts with housing" is among the initiatives different [...]
Salvation Army Week of Compassion for Haiti
The Salvation Army in Saskatoon is embarking on a special fundraising event to help the victims of the earthquake in Haiti. From February 1-6, the Salvation Army kettles – normally seen during our annual Christmas campaigns – will be out at shopping malls and stores across Saskatoon. We need volunteers to make this happen. If [...]
Earthquake in Haiti
The Big Picture has a series of photos that captures some of the devastation in Haiti. If you want to help, you can securely donate to Salvation Army relief efforts here or head down to your local Salvation Army Centre or church and just designate your donation for Haiti relief. The Salvation Army also has [...]
Saskatoon has a substance abuse problem
Last night Wendy, Mark, and Oliver came along as I picked up Christmas kettles at the malls and collect them to be counted. As I was driving from Wal-Mart in Confederation Mall along 22nd Street to Midtown Plaza. A women just walked out in front of three lanes of incoming traffic. Below is a screen [...]
