Site chosen for Red Deer recovery community

RED DEER, ALTA.—Help is on the way for those dealing with drug addiction in Alberta.

A 10-acre parcel of land in north Red Deer will be the new home of a 75-bed recovery community.

Alberta’s government and the City of Red Deer co-ordinated choosing the location within the Chiles Industrial Park, directly adjacent to Highway 2A. Construction of the recovery community is scheduled to begin in the fall.

“The identification of the location of the future therapeutic community marks an important next step towards a solution to many of the health and social challenges our community has contended with for years due to lack of comprehensive health and social infrastructure and programming in our city and region,” said Tara Veer, Red Deer mayor, in a statement. “This project will help respond to the long-standing need for local residential addictions treatment to help address community impacts of the national drug crisis.”