no doubt. a good mayor would rectify this.

have you...oh i don't know...called the cops about this?

Other`s have called also and When i was about to defend myself and not letting the man with the knife out of my sight. I was ready to defend for my life, Suddenly thank god the police have arrived before the man could have his chance to lunge at me. But i didnt have a cellphone on me I could have been another stabbed victim of the week. But we need better Security in the area or policemen on bikes. But the mayor does have to look at the issue firsthand to deal with it. Iam just another person willing to step and let everyone know to be careful for future problems with drunks like those who i have encountered. Thats all I can say but if the cops havent been contacted who knows...God had his eye on me. lol thanks for reading this topic and have a safe day~ :)

Try walking on Central AVe. They are there also. There could be more police presence and it might make a difference

Thanks for the votes my friends and hopefully there will a change! have a goodnight and evening. God bless. :)

Calling The Cops Is A Waste Of Time. In Order To Fix This Problem, More People Need To Utilize The Parks, Rotary Trail, Downtown Area. That Will Move Their Drinking, Sleeping, Changing Clothes, Having Sex... Away From The Riverbank Area.

We use them in the summer, and we dont stand down to them, tell em to get a job, go get a job or to a agencey that would help and if the continue, diall 911 ( you never know what going through the minds of ppl strung out ) they have to respond, We live in Midtown and when the Pineland appts were bad, the police came door to door, and asked that if there was noise or riff raff just to call 911, we did that for about 2 months then stuff started to happen, the appts not the best now, but it did work, it is a lot quiter and a lot less riff raff running around here !!! Just not to out the police, we did notice the bikes and foot patrools last summer and the occasional police car driving on the river bank getting intoxicated ppl out of there !!

i was driving down by the national hotel and 2 young school girls were walking home that way and some people down that way who seemed drunk or stoned chased them saying they didnt belong down there because they were white girls. i also think the situation needs to be changed around the river bank area. me and my friend were walking down there when we ran into 2 drunks asking us to go over there and hooting and hollering at us and getting up to see us. we ran because we didnt know what they would of did. never have i been back to that area!

Patricia I totally agree with you!!! They say downtown core is better NEVER!!!!! It is scary to walk anywheSorry I won, re there. People are just hanging out. Sorry I won't shop down there. It is too creepy never knowing if your purse is going to be snatched or whatever.

Not exactly about the Riverbank situation, although, I imagine that it is as bad as you are saying after what I witnessed on Central Avenue a couple weeks ago!

I was born, raised and have lived my entire life in Prince Albert so I know the reputation of Central Avenue. Having said that, there are businesses along the Avenue, trying to make a go of it so that they might stave off giving it over to the 'element' completely. Fresh Air Experience is one of those businesses, and on March 10th, our 13 year old son and I went down to attend their big 60/40 sale. We parked in front of the store at approximately 8:45, wanting to be one of the first customers in, when a fellow came along, found a little nook where I believe he thought no one could see him, and proceeded to pull out a bottle. He took a swig, which finished the bottle, threw it to the sidewalk, (luckily it was plastic) and proceeded to do a dance routine for all of us waiting in our vehicles in the area! He kept truckin' down the sidewalk and not 5 minutes later a police car drove by. Talk about bad timing!

I just thought how sad it was, that one cannot even do something as simple as shop in this town without incidents like this happening. We will continue to patronize Fresh Air, Ron, Mike and the staff are great, but hopefully we won't be subjected to another, "Dancer From The Bars" routine!

Well thankyou for your insites and commenting on this subject. Well this is a very sad and upsetting topic due to lack of support from the city, We do alot and help eachother out to eliminate this problem by giving eachother idea`s to handle these kinds of situations or even talk to the mayor bout this issue,some people will call it impossible. But i do believe if we leave it alone, there wont be nothing done so the problem will stay the same way. We can do something to protect our people from being harmed or chased by drunks. But it will be hard task. Well I am a strong believer in change and when it`s time to actually to put the foot down, Change is coming and hopefully we can work together. Not saying it will happen overnight. But be safe out there. :) keep a positive mind and thankyou for your attention and concern. :) I worked for equal justice for all and i have worked with the mayor and council of saskatoon so please wish me luck. Have a good day thankyou. :)

Actually I personally don't see a problem here if the police were doing their job. Public intoxication is illegal. Not really all that hard to detect an impaired or drugged person. Scoop em up and into the tank they go for 24 hours. Problem solved after 24 hours an addict will be hurting and they won't wanna repeat that too many times. all it will take is effort. The big problem is it seems police and government don't seem very interested in any kind of enforcement that doesn't make them money. If it were seat belts or something with a juicy fine attached they'd be out in force.

If they cleared out the dead trees in the bush along the river bank those people wouldn't have a place to hide behind. I know I would feel a lot safer walking down there without so many blind spots in the path. That area really needs to be taken care of

Wow iam amazed how many people viewed this topic and voted on it~ thankyou P.A for your support :)

Change is very good. keep it up :)

Fix this please :) hopefully soon and thankyou. :)

Addicts are a part of everyday living. And it hurts to see so many judging people. You can spot somebody under the influence of a substance about anywhere. It all depends on timing. We as a community need to accept this as part of our society and lay low on the put downs. We are all people and all deserve respect. We are all people of P.A. :)

Answering back to Another honest citizen. Well I respect you for commenting what you feel, I think you were missing the some of the points to what i was saying on here. I dont respect noone who is going to try and danger my life because of their substance abuse and their ignorance to hurt people. The ones who is trying to make ends meet from going to work or school everyday are the ones who shouldnt be going through this. I have to disagree regarding the ``We are all people and all deserve respect part``. I cant do that. Those kinds of people i do not respect. I would be stupid to walk by a drunk and say oh look a drunk! I respect you! and then get stabbed for when they are asking for a smoke. lol. Now that i couldnt do. But this issue is re-occurence life everywhere, But the respect isnt in my vocabluary right now,not for them. Im sorry.. lol

Another Honest Citizen we do not have to accept this as part of our society. Addict need help and if people are trying to extort or steal money or threaten the use of violence on others they need to be removed from society until they learn act more appropriatly. The riverbank is a public place and should be safe for everyone to use.

You are right on the button TJ. Thanks for clarifying that.

I really thought that it meant people were actually drinking out of the river itself. Lol.

lol nope you read it wrong then for sure.

Yes Please Fix THIS PROBLEM! THANKYOU.

yeppers.. amen! :)

I"m sorry to disagree with many, but I feel it is Wrong to mitigate persons bad behavior with excuses.

Everyone has a sob story, and many many overcome adversity, and do not become drunks or druggies. I'd guess that far more addicts and drunks became that way because of experimenting, and NOT poverty, and despair.

to say "It is OK that you are a drunk/druggy/criminal because you had it tough is a cop out, and ENABLES and furthers the bad behaviour.

Alfred is Correct, we need to shine the light of truth, and publicity on these and other aberrant behavior.

you don't fix something by furthering its breakage

I agree with Honest Citizen. We don't have to agree with the drinking & drugs. But we need to realize they are people too. They aren't wanted on the streets anywhere it seems. I walk miles every week in different areas of the city. I find that any of them
that I run across are not out to harm anyone. But I show them RESPECT. We're supposed to be better than them, so let's act
better, including more tollerent. In the downtown area we're asked for smokes all the time. I politely say "sorry I don't smoke". I'm not sorry at all. But maybe I'm sorry they do.
Leave the trees for them to hang out in. Then they aren't on the path. I'm sorry for the person who encountered the knife. I
will admit I do more travelling in other parts of the city than the West flat, but I have been there many times. No one has ever
bothered me there.
When I'm talking to a person who has been drinking or on drugs, I always try to talk to them in a quiet, calm voice. That
way they don't feel threatened. That really works. And God looks after me. He Says "Fear Not".

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