Addiction Recovery

• Lethbridge supportive housing project construction on schedule, on budget

  By next year, a new facility on Lethbridge's northside will be completed, providing a safe space to those who need it most, offering a chance to heal and a place to call home.

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  Nov 28
  
• ‘We build family’: B.C. slo-pitch tournament highlights addiction recovery community

  The sporting event, Summer Slam Slo-Pitch, features 28 teams composed of players who are in recovery from addiction.

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  Jun 1
  
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• B.C. father pleads for more addiction recovery centres after losing son

  Bruce Fraser recently lost his son, Travis, who had been battling addiction for years. Fraser says there is a desperate need for more addiction recovery options in B.C.

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  May 12
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• 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.

  Health

  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.

  Canada

  Jul 5, 2023
• 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.

  Health

  May 19, 2023
• 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.

  Health

  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.

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  Apr 8, 2023
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• 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
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• ‘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.

  Health

  Jan 10, 2023