Saskatoon info

[blaccjacc]

Here is some Saskatoon info from a column written by some guy...it's quite old info, but considering there has NEVER been a Saskatchewan post, I'm seizing the opportunity to bust this cherry.
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Saskatoon's Street Prostitution

November 6, 1998
By: Jacob Zunti

A lot of media attention has been devoted to Saskatoon's prostitution problem in the last two months. Much of it has concerned the merits of two outreach van services that ply the city's mean streets providing needles, warm coffee, and Aids tests to workers in the trade. Much of the criticism has come from Francis Petite, a former Saskatoon citizen of the year renowned for her participation in progressive causes. In raising her criticisms, Petite observed that "no-one really cares about the prostitutes."

The criticism is a harsh one, but it seems to have the ring of truth. Saskatoon Community Health, and the members of Communities for Children, the main supporters of the van services, appear to be more interested in building fiefdoms and resumes than helping the women and men who end up on the street. In response to vocal criticism of the outreach vans, these organizations conducted and then released the results of a survey of Pleasant Hill area residents living near the strip. The expectation was that the media and public would treat the results of the study as "unbiased research." Not surprisingly, the survey found little opposition to and much support for, the outreach vans. .

These people are constantly reminding us of the number of young girls and women working the streets... and doing their utmost to bring scorn to the johns and boyfriends of the women, whom they derisively refer to as pimps. There may be pimps in Saskatoon, but I have yet to meet one... Saskatoon isn't New York or LA. What I have met are men who are supported by the women in their lives, since the men have been completely marginalized from society as a result of their own interactions with Saskatchewan's Criminal Justice system.

In "tackling the prostitution problem" these organizations have also propagated the myth that street prostitution in the city is all about wealthy white businessmen in flashy new cars preying on poor young aboriginal girls. While the majority of women working the street are of aboriginal ancestry is unfortunately and undoubtedly true, anyone can drive down the stroll any time to see the falsity of the myth. While the occasional new vehicle may be seen, most of the vehicles that cruise 21st Street West give rise to the inference that their owners are quite down on their luck... headlights and tail-lights missing, beat up old pick-ups, and what not.

a) why are so many people working the streets - is Social Services spending too much time working with the police and provincial (in)justice system to vilify johns and too little time in child protection work?

b)
does it make sense to maintain existing welfare laws or should they be changed to allow people who are at risk of becoming involved in the sex trade to receive welfare before attaining the age of 16? Due to child labour laws, people under 16 can't be legally employed in legitimate businesses; and

c) why is there no "safe house" for children to go to before they become involved with the sex trade.

I have had within my circle of friends and acquaintances, several persons who ended up in the trade. One left home due to sexual abuse and a courageous but probably incorrect decision to protect her mother's feelings and her father's liberty interest and reputation. What she found was that being unable to work legally, and unable to claim welfare, there was little alternative when she left, other than to work illegally... by selling her body on the street. The other friend ended up selling herself because she couldn't make the income she needed to feed her two small children on the income she made as a waitress.

Solving Saskatoon's prostitution problem isn't about enacting harsher laws, seizing vehicles, printing names in the local paper, or passing out condoms and needles. Its about legalization and economic justice. Don't the people of Saskatchewan care... or are they just asleep at the switch?

[blaccjacc]

Strip clubs in Saskatchewan are as follows...
In Saskatoon, Showgirls at 710 Idylwyld Dr. N.
In Regina, Dancers 2000 at 230 A Hodsman Rd.
I have no further info. If anybody is sitting on all the Saskatchewan 411, please share it.

[pyrojr99g]

if you live in regina and youre into street activity the the core area is for you. mostly native girls, but i saw a few white ones.
the area north of 6th avenue, up to 9th usually has some girls hanging around. they tend to be younger, although few are attracitve.

havn't been out look much reciently on account of all the high police presence.

hey, if anyone is interested in double teaming an escort/hooker with me, shoot me an email. please be discreet.

[blaccjacc]

Police arrest 11 in vice stings

August 3, 2005

Saskatoon police recently made a number of arrests as part of an ongoing effort to deal with sex-trade activity in the city.

Seven sex-trade workers and four consumers, also known as johns, were arrested between July 12 and 29 on charges of communicating for the purposes of prostitution, according to vice unit acting Sgt. Sean Taylor. Four vehicles were seized and six individuals were charged with repeatedly driving through an area frequented by prostitutes.

"It's the regular operations of the unit, going out and setting up sting operations and targeting the various groups, whether it be the sex-trade workers or the sex-trade consumers," Taylor said.

The vice unit, along with other sections within the Saskatoon Police Service, conducted a number of sting and surveillance operations to monitor the street level sex trade.

The area commonly known as "the stroll" roughly refers to 20th Street from Idylwyld Drive to Avenue W; 21st Street from Avenue I to Avenue W; and 19th Street from Avenue P to Avenue W.

Taylor said charges generally entail a court date.

"Usually it's a fine, and most often in the case with respect to the consumers themselves, they have the option of attending john school. They have to cover the fees of john school as part of dealing with it, and they have to successfully complete (it), and that could cost them up to $500."

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[radiate76]

Prostitution Related Charges Laid

2006-03-13
Author: Linsay Rabyj- CJWW News

The Saskatoon Police Service Vice Unit have arrested six men with various prostitution related charges following regular and undercover operations over the last two months.

Four of the men have been charged under the Highway Traffic Act with repeatedly driving through an area frequented by prostitutes.

Two men have been charged with communicating for the purpose of prostitution.

In addition 15 females have been arrested..

Ten of the females charged have been successfully entered into 'Operation Help', a program designed to assist them in leaving prostitution.

The five others have been charged with communication for the purpose of prostitution.

http://www.saskatoonhomepage.ca/news..._id=2147483652

[gralson]

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