Thursday, January 25, 2024
VOLUME 6 I ISSUE 31
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Jake Vaadeland and the Sturgeon River Boys returned to the Vic Juba Community Theatre last Thursday for a sold-out show, put on by the Lloydminster Concert Series. The organization’s next show will be Anne of Green Gables – The Ballet on March 8. Taylor Weaver Meridian Source
Seniors back sober living action GEOFF LEE STAFF WRITER
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Tyler Lorenz, executive director of the Residents in Recovery Society, is banking on hope and support from the community to secure more funds for their sober living treatment and outpatient
day programs. The two high-demand addiction treatment services in Lloydminster have been cancelled due to zero funding from the Alberta government and cuts to funding from the Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA). The organization
issued a news release about the cancellations on Jan. 8. A new crack has since appeared in the funding door at SHA, as Lorenz explained at the Lloydminster Concerned Citizens for Seniors Care Society meeting last Tuesday.
“We just got an invitation on Monday to provide information on our program to determine if we are a qualified provider of sober living services,” he said. “That’s due on Feb. 9, so that will allow us the opportunity, if we’re approved, as a
qualified supplier to present a funding proposal to the Saskatchewan government.” Lorenz is not sure what the rationale is for the invitation, given the pre and post-sober living program was the society’s first service offered in the commu-
nity when their doors opened. “It’s hard to say. It seems a little repetitive,” said Lorenz, who is frustrated by political jurisdiction. “That’s always been our biggest issue for sure.” CONTINUED ON PAGE 2