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By Josh Sigurdson
Feb 6, 2021 8:49 AM
Three Regina organizations are partnering together to host a memorial service for those who lost their lives due to homelessness.
Phoenix Residential Society, Street Culture Project, and the John Howard Society are hosting the fifth annual event on Facebook Live.
Blair Roberts with the John Howard Society says the event gives those who’ve died the chance to be honoured properly.
“If I passed away tomorrow, there’d be family and friends that would be able to gather, so we really just wanted to take this chance,” said Roberts. “Five years ago, there was a vision of giving these guys some respect and dignity, and a chance to honour those who have lost their lives to homelessness.”