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Winnipeg Free Press
Former addict on launch of treatment centre: Our province just got healthier By: Kevin Rollason | Posted: 4:00 AM CDT Monday, May. 10, 2021
Last Modified: 6:45 AM CDT Tuesday, May. 11, 2021 | Updates
Like Bruce Oake, Johnathan Parker needed help for his drug addiction.
But Parker, who is 39 and has been sober for a decade, had to go out of province for long-term residential treatment. It helped him break out of the cycle that began when he started abusing alcohol at age 13. By 18, he was using cocaine and other drugs.
Parker, who sits on the board of the soon-to-open Bruce Oake Treatment Centre in the former Vimy arena, said he wishes the facility had been around when he needed it.