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By Mitchell Blair
Mar 17, 2021 7:09 PM
The village council in Fort San, about 70 kilometers northeast of Regina, has voted against the Pine Lodge treatment centre relocating to their community.
The centre had been hoping to move into the former Prairie Christian Training Center after their facility in Indian Head was closed after a December fire.
At a meeting Tuesday night where delegations were both for and against the move, council eventually voted 3-0 on not allowing the relocation saying it did not fit in the definition of Residential Care Facility as defined in the village’s zoning bylaw.
It is a decision that obviously disappoints Pine Lodge executive director Foster Monson.
Posted: Mar 17, 2021 11:59 AM CT | Last Updated: March 17
Pine Lodge is an addictions treatment centre, serving inpatient clients in 28-day periods, that had operated in Indian Head for years. Damage caused by fire and smoke forced the facility closed in December. (Trent Peppler/CBC)
The council of Fort San, Sask., a resort village 70 km northeast of Regina, has voted no on letting Pine Lodge Treatment Centre relocate after the original site was damaged in a fire in December.
The addictions recovery centre, which offers a 28-day inpatient program funded by the province, was in the community of Indian Head, about 30 km to the south.
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The Resort Village of Fort San has voted against allowing a proposed addictions treatment centre in the community, for now.
Mayor Steven Helfrick abstained from voting and councillor Don Williams resigned his post last week, leaving the three remaining councillors to vote on Tuesday evening.
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Councillors Valerie Hamilton, John Naumetz and Brad Redman all voted against a proposal to convert owner James Archer’s building into a replacement site for Pine Lodge Treatment Centre, which was in Indian Head but burned down in a Dec. 24 fire.
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Pine Lodge Treatment Centre’s Indian Head facility was badly damaged by fire in December, triggering both a search for a new site and debate over its proposed location.
The issue of allowing an addictions centre as a permitted use on the site of the former Prairie Christian Training Centre is slated to return to Fort San village council on Tuesday.
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As the future of Pine Lodge hangs in the balance, they credit the program with not only changing their lives but saving them.