Overview
- Prairie Harm Reduction said it would cease all operations at 5 p.m., ending service delivery across the organization.
- The shutdown closes the drop-in centre, support and education programs, family services, and two youth homes, and the supervised consumption site stays closed after a March shutdown.
- An independent financial review found a rapidly growing shortfall in the hundreds of thousands of dollars and no workable path to keep the nonprofit afloat.
- The Saskatchewan government ended its contracts late last month, and ministries say youth in PHR housing will move to other operators as naloxone distribution continues through the health authority and community partners.
- About 70 staff and more than 50 casual workers lost their jobs, and the board warns of a service gap that other local groups may struggle to fill after nearly 40 years of PHR’s work in the city.