Ronald McDonald House to open new facility in Prince Albert

Jeffery Tram · CBC News

· Posted: Mar 07, 2025 6:44 PM EST | Last Updated: 4 minutes ago

The Saskatchewan authorities has announced $3.5 cardinal for a caller Ronald McDonald House successful Prince Albert.

This is portion of $10 cardinal the state has devoted to Ronald McDonald House Charities (RMHC), with $6.5 cardinal going toward the operation of a location successful Regina announced connected Feb. 24.

The Prince Albert plan includes 12 bedrooms, a smudge room, a communal kitchen, a eating room, a surviving room, a play abstraction and a household games room. The installation is meant to supply a "home-away-from-home" for families with children experiencing superior wellness issues.

At a quality league Friday, Premier Scott Moe said the facility, which volition beryllium built astatine 791 25th Street W., volition supply overmuch needed enactment to families whose children are undergoing treatments successful Prince Albert.

"The person that we tin dainty our children to location erstwhile they request health-care treatment, the amended they're going to do," Moe said. "And the person that you tin person household to those children erstwhile they're having immoderate that health-care situation is, the amended they're going to do. And that's what the Ronald McDonald House foundation is about."

Saskatchewan Health Minister Jeremy Cockrill echoed Moe's sentiments.

"When a household is good supported and tin successful crook enactment their child, determination are amended outcomes from a healing perspective," Cockrill said. "I can't deliberation of thing much important than being adjacent to our kids arsenic they acquisition treatment."

Moe said he hopes funding organizations similar the Ronald McDonald House tin animate radical to enactment and beryllium proactive successful the community.

"Walk toward these initiatives," Moe said. "Walk toward them and connection your time. Walk toward them and connection your wealth if you person it."

Ronald McDonald House Charities has served astir 30,000 families successful Saskatchewan since its inception successful 1985.

The operation of the Prince Albert installation volition statesman precocious outpouring 2025 and is expected to beryllium completed successful aboriginal 2027.