Saskatoon StarPhoenix
🏢 Postmedia
📍 SK
Jul 28, 2026
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'We need to restore hope': Salvation Army calls for basic shelter in Saskatoon
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ML v2 (DistilBERT)
0.262 · RIGHT
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0.131 · CENTER
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Article Excerpt
LOCAL NEWS
‘We need to restore hope’: Salvation Army calls for basic shelter in Saskatoon
"It's a harm reduction approach just because there's nothing else there."
Major Gordon Taylor says the lack of a basic shelter in Saskatoon is a gap in the housing continuum. (Michelle Berg / Saskatoon StarPhoenix)
By
Brody Langager
July 28, 2026 at 6:00 a.m.
Saskatoon continues to struggle with a rising tide of homelessness, and service providers are trying to plug gaps within the housing continuum.
One such person is Major Gordon Taylor, executive director for the Salvation Army’s Crossroads Residen…
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