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OK for Saskatchewan to give homeless men bus tickets to B.C.: report

Jul 7, 2016 | 2:04 PM

REGINA — A report says giving two homeless men in Saskatchewan one-way bus tickets to British Columbia was within Social Services policy but  the situation could have been better handled.

The two men went together to an income assistance service centre in North Battleford in March to request the tickets.

The men aren’t named in the report, but Charles Neil-Curly and Jeremy Roy made news when it was reported that they had been living at a homeless shelter and were sent out of Saskatchewan.

The report says providing transportation aid is within policy and notes that Alberta and Manitoba have similar rules.