The Prince Albert Police Service's women's commission was successful in getting city council support for their awareness campaign about human trafficking in the city. (Susan McNeil/paNOW)

By Susan McNeil

Human trafficking

Women’s commission gets council support in human trafficking awareness push

Nov 4, 2025 | 8:00 AM

Members of the Prince Albert Police Service’s Women’s Commission had no issues getting council support when it comes to raising awareness of human trafficking.

Speaking on behalf of the commission, Alicia McMillan told council that trafficking of humans is three times as high in Saskatchewan as the national average.

Councillor Dawn Kilmer said she is familiar with the issue as she dealt with it in her career as a school teacher.

“It’s a lot of what we were dealing with at the school level,” she said. She then asked for a practical step that the city could take to help the women with their objective.

The answer is education, the members said.

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More specifically, they would like to have access to the city’s billboard on 15th Street to share some information, they asked for a partnership with the Community Safety and Wellbeing team and some financial help with a website that links to Prince Albert Mobile Crisis that will provide centralized, local and up to date information.

They also plan a large-scale community event in 2026 to help get their message out.

Councillors expressed little concern, but suggested that developing a website might work better if they used an existing website with a similar focus to make the work easier.

Asking about Prince Albert, specific statistics did not garner much specific feedback as the data can be hard to compile, said Insp. Craig Mushka, of the PA Police.

Officers focus on the safety of the trafficking victim first, and often they find it very challenging and complex to get that person to report formally. Traffickers are almost always known to their targets.

The concern is real though.

“In Saskatchewan, it is a troublesome trend that we’re seeing right now,” Mushka said.

People wanting to learn more about how to tell if someone is being trafficked or to get more information in general can find information on the website, notinmycity.ca.

Country singer Paul Brandt has made tackling human trafficking a priority for years and developed the #notinmycity campaign as a way to share information and resource.

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susan.mcneil@pattisonmedia.com