Prince Albert’s first Sanctum 36 Hour Challenge wrapped up last week, leaving participants with sore feet, humbling memories, and a new understanding of what it means to go without basic comforts in the city.

For a day and a half, ten community leaders swapped their offices, uniforms, and titles for donated clothing and a scripted profile based on real stories of people who face homelessness and illness. From early Thursday morning until Friday evening, they walked the streets, navigated closed doors, and tried to find food and shelter while living without money, phones, or transportation.

“It was the amount of walking,” said registered nurse Carolyn Brost Strom, who works in downtown Prince Albert.

“You’d get to one location and realize it was closed, or the person you needed wasn’t th

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