By Josh Sigurdson
Apr 22, 2021 11:22 AM
The John Howard Society of Saskatchewan has launched a capital campaign supporting a new youth shelter for LGTBQ2S+ youth.
Lulu’s Lodge, a 5-bedroom house in Regina is aimed at providing residence to LGTBQ2S+ youth aged 16-21, who may otherwise be homeless.
CEO of the John Howard Society, Shawn Fraser says the new house was acquired with the help of the Saskatchewan Housing Corporation.
Fraser says the new space provides more opportunities.
“Since that time, the program’s continued to grow and evolve, and we’ve helped a lot of people in the short time that we’ve had programming running,” said Fraser. “We’re just hoping to make that program stronger, and stronger, and part of that is reaching out to people today to ask for help in paying down that mortgage. Our goal is to raise $100,000 in the next two years.”
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Vaccinations of inmates are underway at the Regina Correctional Centre as the number of COVID-19 cases in the facility continues to rise.
The Ministry of Corrections, Policing and Public Safety said in a statement to the StarPhoenix that the Saskatchewan Health Authority began to vaccinate inmates in the “appropriate age bands” on-site at the jail on Thursday. According to the earliest numbers, 10 inmates at the jail have been vaccinated.
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The ministry said it’s working with the Ministry of Health and the SHA to facilitate vaccinations at other correctional centres “as soon as possible.”
REGINA A COVID-19 outbreak at the Regina Correctional Centre (RCC) continues to escalate; 131 inmates and 20 staff have tested positive as of Thursday afternoon and five inmates have been hospitalized, according to the union representing corrections workers. An outbreak was first declared in the facility’s isolation unit on Nov. 25, 2020, then at RCC on Dec. 9. The facility has been on the province’s active outbreak list ever since. A second wave of spread began the first week of April in the facility, when the Saskatchewan Government and General Employees’ Union (SGEU) told CTV News on April 8 that 18 inmates and five staff had contracted the virus. One week later, the outbreak has grown to impact more than 150 people.
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Vaccinations of inmates are underway at the Regina Correctional Centre as the number of COVID-19 cases in the facility continues to rise.
The Ministry of Corrections, Policing and Public Safety said in a statement to the StarPhoenix that the Saskatchewan Health Authority began to vaccinate inmates in the “appropriate age bands” on-site at the jail on Thursday. According to the earliest numbers, 10 inmates at the jail have been vaccinated.
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The ministry said it’s working with the Ministry of Health and the SHA to facilitate vaccinations at other correctional centres “as soon as possible.”