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North Battleford homeless shelter loses 90 per cent of provincial funding

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Richard, a client at The Lighthouse shelter in North Battleford, Sask. sits watching TV at the shelter on February, 16, 2016.

By Duncan Cairns-Brenner

The only homeless shelter in the Battlefords is struggling to keep its doors open after a provincial funding cut.

In December, The Lighthouse homeless shelter in North Battleford had its provincial funding cut by as much as 90 per cent. 

“We received the warning (from the Ministry of Social Services) one day and the very next day our funding was cut,” Caitlin Glencross, manager of The Lighthouse said.

“Basically the ministry has created a very narrow definition of what... // Read Full Article


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