Overnight shelter returning to downtown La Ronge
A return to normal is coming for La Ronge’s Extended Hours Program following a bumpy two years.
For the first time since 2019, the town’s overnight shelter will operate from Scattered Site located along La Ronge Avenue. In 2020, it was mostly run out of Drifters Motel and, in 2021, it moved to a location on-reserve near Kitaski Hall.
With necessary building codes for overnight accommodations now completed at Scattered Site, the Kikinahk Friendship Centre board was given the go ahead to continue the shelter there.
“We are off to a really good start,” said manager Tina Johnson. “Our building is up to code and we had some renovations done, so we’re going to be able to house the program here at Scattered Sites this year and not have to split the program between two or three different buildings.”