SASKATOON -- The date was announced Tuesday by Prairie Harm Reduction (PHR), the group formerly known as AIDS Saskatoon.
"We’ve had complaints from people who access our services for a long time. AIDS is really an outdated term. Lots of people are living well with HIV and at the same time we work with people with Hepatitis C, and we work with people who don't have HIV or Hepatitis C," executive director Jason Mercredi told CTV News.
The site will be open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday to Friday. The group expects the site will serve about 72 people who use drugs per day.
“We couldn’t have asked for a better location. This is where we need to be. We're right beside the busiest needle exchange in province and busiest health centre in city using injection drugs, not to mention there's historical overdoses in neighborhood and historical HIV diagnosis in the neighborhood,” Mercredi said.
The site will be open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday to Friday. The group expects the site will serve about 72 people who use drugs per day.
It will be staffed by a primary care paramedic, paid by a $60,000 fundraising campaign.
The campaign began with $10,045 in donations: $8,595 from Erik Parkinson’s Memorial Fund, $1,050 from Hazelwood Vintage and $400 from Primal restaurant.
Prairie Harm Reduction is also accepting direct donations through its new website, which also sells merchandise.
