Saskatoon to lead search for emergency shelters after provincial funding announcement

The city of Saskatoon gave some more details on the two new emergency shelters that are to be located in Saskatoon and Regina after the province announced funding Friday.

An administration report to the governance and priorities committee said these complex needs emergency shelters will provide a medically supervised and secure place for people to go to for up to 24 hours.
Within the announcement from the province, $19 million was allocated to fund these two shelters, and the city said it was requested by the provincial government to take the lead on identifying potential sites for these shelters.

The report said each shelter would need to house roughly 30 people.

It added that permanent locations would be ideal, but the city would consider temporary locations as well.