Saskatoon child clinic raises concerns over proposed shelter nearby [Video]

There’s more out-cry about a proposed temporary shelter in Saskatoon’s downtown core. This time it’s from professionals who run a children’s mental health clinic next door, servicing thousands of vulnerable kids each year.

The proposed shelter site has left them questioning if the city researched the impact to nearby businesses.

“If there is a threat anywhere, like close by, we’re going to have such a hard time even getting them in the building,” clinical administrator Karen Cloutier told CTV News.

Cloutier is the first person that parents and patients who come for children’s mental health services, at the Rumely building see upon arrival. There are 2 such clinics operating there, Milestones Occupational Therapy for Children and Prairie Centre for Child Development.

The City of Saskatoon announced last week that a former Saskatchewan Transportation Company building located at 210 Pacific Avenue was identified as a potential temporary site for an enhanced 30-40 beds emergency shelter.

If approved by …