Preston’s Story: Emergency Wellness Centre offers hope, re-connection – SKTC

May 1, 2026

Preston Matechuck’s life was slipping through his fingers just a few years ago.

Struggling with addiction, grief, and homelessness, he spent a lot of his days walking the streets of Saskatoon, couch-surfing wherever he could.

He said his descent into active addiction started with the loss of his mother in 2016. By 2021, he’d often be awake for as many as six days at a time before crashing in exhaustion.

“I was trying to get better on my own,” Preston recalls. “But I was still craving, still struggling. I didn’t know how to ask for help.”

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