REGINA, Sask. — Krista Shore faces an eviction hearing this week after 13 years in her Silver Sage Housing Corporation home, where she raised her family. Now, supporters are demanding answers from the housing provider following a protest earlier in October that ended with four arrests.
Shore’s hearing before the Office of Residential Tenancies is scheduled for Thursday, Oct. 29. She says she has met the requirements set by Silver Sage but is still being pushed toward eviction.
“I have complied, and although the compliance had been met, I have been pressured and terrorized and pushed through the ORT,” Shore said at a news conference Monday outside the Regina office.
She said losing the home would have a profound impact on her family and their efforts to heal from past trauma. Shore also disputes how some of her belongings, including culturally significant items, have been characterized during the process.
“I’ll do everything to make sure that we’re able to keep our home base,” she said. “It’s our ecosystem and our hope for wellness and our pathway forward.”
Four arrested during October protest
The dispute drew a public demonstration on Oct. 8 at Silver Sage’s office on Dewdney Avenue. Four people were arrested after refusing to leave the premises, according to reports of the incident. Their release and whether charges were laid were not confirmed.
At Monday’s news conference, community organizer Mandla Mthembu said advocates had since obtained information they want Silver Sage to address.
One issue involves a staff member reportedly telling police that Shore had cease-and-desist orders from FHQ Tribal Council, which owns Silver Sage. Shore says she has not been served with such an order and was unaware of one.
The existence and status of the alleged order have not been independently established.
“If that is the case, that she has an order against her and she doesn’t know, then the idea is that maybe someone shared misinformation that day or that it hasn’t been properly communicated to her,” Mthembu said.
“We want Silver Sage to speak to it.”
Questions over rental subsidies
Advocates also raised concerns about the future affordability of other Silver Sage housing.
They presented a letter dated Sept. 30 that was reportedly sent to another tenant. It says the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation operating agreement providing a rental subsidy for that unit is scheduled to end March 31, 2027. The unit is then expected to move to an “Affordable Market” housing program on April 1.
The letter does not specify the tenant’s future rent or confirm that anyone will be displaced. Mthembu said the potential impact on tenants remains unclear and cautioned that any link between the subsidy changes and Shore’s eviction would be speculation.
Lori Deets, a Regina-based housing advocate who works on housing issues and policy, said Shore’s case highlights the consequences an eviction can have for people who have lived in their homes for years.
“We can prevent thousands of homelessness people that we can prevent and we're not preventing that,” she said, arguing that stronger protections could help keep vulnerable residents housed.
She also challenged the idea that tenants should simply move on when a dispute becomes difficult.
“Just because we're renters doesn't mean we should have any less rights at times,” Deets said.
Advocates are calling on Silver Sage to halt Shore’s eviction proceedings, publicly address the concerns raised and explain what the subsidy changes mean for tenants. They are also urging affordable and social housing providers to commit to a moratorium on evictions over the winter.
SaskToday has reached out to Silver Sage Housing Corporation for comment on the eviction proceedings, the alleged cease-and-desist order, the subsidy changes and the concerns raised by Shore and her supporters. This story will be updated with the corporation’s response if and when it is received.
