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Coverage in Saskatchewan of charity and court case dealing with conflicts of interest and other issues

In Saskatchewan, there is coverage of a court case and a charity called The Lighthouse Supported Living Inc. This coverage raises a number of issues for charities including conflicts of interest and perceived conflicts of interest, the separation between charities and individuals/businesses, transparency, internal controls as well as governance and decision-making. Many charities can use this particular example as education for their own organizations around mistakes made in running a charity and how one day a charity can be the focus of media attention.

The public would not even be aware that there was a problem unless a consortium of journalists had not argued that a publication ban should be lifted.

Here is a clip from CTV https://saskatoon.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=2470086&binId=1.1165954&playlistPageNum=1 and this clip https://saskatoon.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=2469086 [Update: here is another story https://saskatoon.ctvnews.ca/misuse-of-money-at-saskatoon-shelter-an-example-of-why-non-profits-need-more-oversight-lawyer-1.5957241]

Here is information on the charity on the CRA website and also CharityData.ca.