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2019-08-22 - Press Release - BRUCE OAKE RECOVERY CENTRE OFFICIALLY BREAKS GROUND
Winnipeg - The Bruce Oake Recovery Centre is set to break ground today on what would have been Bruce Oake’s 34th birthday.
2019-08-22 - 2nd Annual Hockey Night in Canada Gala Dinner
Canad Inns Destination Centre, Polo Park, Winnipeg, MB is proud to host the 2nd Annual Hockey Night in Canada Gala Dinner at Canad Inns.
2019-03-25 - 'We are salvageable': A Manitoba inmate's plea for meth addiction treatment
“Together, we can lay the foundation that will bring out the best in who we are, and the best of who we can become — but this can only be achieved together. “We are worth fighting for. I am worth fighting for. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/pov-meth-addiction-inmate-1.5069875?fbclid=IwAR3hhWPgaDqbhqO1QDBuzXi69flfPFZn60mcjRkTEGiA2UivB...
2019-02-21 - Crestview residents lose last-ditch effort to stop Bruce Oake Recovery Centre
A quartet of city councillors has quashed a last-ditch effort to prevent an addictions-treatment centre from operating in a western Winnipeg residential neighbourhood. City council's appeals committee voted Thursday to reject an appeal launched against a city council decision to make land-use changes that pave the way for the Bruce Oake Memor...
2019-02-21 - Committee votes down appeal over Bruce Oake Recovery Centre
A last ditch effort to stop the Bruce Oake Recovery Centre from rising on the site of the closed Vimy Arena has been turned down at city hall. A committee of four councilors voted against an appeal by local residents. 170 people registered an appeal in opposition of a conditional use application approved for the 50-bed long term drug treat...
2019-02-21 - City committee unanimously shoots down appeal, recovery centre to move forward
Members of the appeal committee voted unanimously to deny the appeal from St. James residents who wished to have the decision to allow the Bruce Oake Recovery Centre built where Vimy Arena stands overturned.
2019-01-31 - Bruce Oake Recovery Centre clears final hurdle, construction could begin in late summer
Another hurdle was cleared at city hall Thursday for the proposed St. James-area addictions treatment facility.Members of council unanimously approved a rezoning and a subdivision plan for the Bruce Oake Recovery Centre project.
2018-11-14 - Bruce Oake Recovery Centre one step closer after marathon public rezoning hearing at city hall
The Bruce Oake Recovery Centre took another step to becoming a reality early Wednesday morning after a marathon public hearing at city hall lasting for more than six hours. More than 60 people were in the crowd at the Assiniboia Community Committee Meeting. Typically, these meetings are held in a smaller room, but this one was moved to the co...
2018-11-14 - Community committee approves land use plan for Bruce Oake Recovery Centre
A marathon public meeting at city hall has helped the Bruce Oake Recovery Centre clear its first hurdle.A committee voted 'yes' Tuesday night on a land use plan that could make way for the centre. https://winnipeg.ctvnews.ca/community-committee-approves-land-use-plan-for-bruce-oake-recovery-centre-1.4176533
2018-11-13 - 4 things to know about the Bruce Oake Recovery Centre hearing
Marathon proceeding over addictions-treatment centre slated for city hall Tuesday evening. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/bruce-oake-recovery-centre-hearing-1.4901921