Addiction Recovery

• Multi-million dollar recovery community opens in Lethbridge

  "It's been a long time since life looked this hopeful, that life looked this good," Reid Metheral, a resident of the $19-million, 50-bed facility.

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  Sep 21, 2023
  
• Alberta government signs agreement to bring recovery centre to Tsuut’ina

  Tsuut'ina Nation Chief Roy Whitney said the facility is needed given the modern landscape of street drugs.

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  Jul 5, 2023
  
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• Employment skills offered to B.C. people recovering from mental health, addiction issues

  Five B.C. cities will offer integrated employment and treatment services to those recovering from mental health and addiction issues, the Minister of Social Development announced.

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  May 19, 2023
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• Face of men’s recovery house in South Okanagan battling cancer

  A former client, Jerome Abraham became the executive director of Discovery House in Penticton. However, he left the job because his cancer diagnosis is now at stage four.

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  May 13, 2023
• Winnipeg woman speaks out after daughter struggled to access treatment at RAAM clinic

  Manitoba's provincial health organization markets them as "easy-to-access walk-in clinics" online but one Winnipegger says, patients waited in a long line outside in the cold.

  Health

  Apr 8, 2023
• Province funds $1.8M for pre-treatment programs for addictions recovery in Calgary

  Alberta Mental Health and Addictions Minister Nicholas Milliken announced during a Friday news conference that the money will create 240 new addiction recovery spaces annually.

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  Jan 27, 2023
• ‘It’s not going to be easy’: B.C.-born former actor shares hopes for detox and recovery

  Bernie Coulson, who once shared the screen with an Oscar winner says he's overwhelmed at the outpouring of support since appearing on a Global News broadcast last month.

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  Jan 11, 2023
• The faces of New Brunswick’s homelessness crisis: ‘We’re being treated as lesser’

  In Part 2 of a series on New Brunswick's homelessness crisis, Global News dives into the stories of five people with first-hand experience of homelessness and addictions.

  Canada

  Dec 8, 2022
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• New grassroots recovery camp uses Blackfoot traditions for healing

  Blackfoot elements like a tipi and sweat lodge are crucial to the success of the program.

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  Aug 16, 2022
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• Salvation Army London, Ont. addiction recovery program to stay open thanks to last-minute funding

  The Salvation Army London Centre of Hope’s Recovery Community Centre will be staying open for another year, thanks to support from the organization's Ontario headquarters.

  Canada

  Apr 6, 2022