Funding ceased for Canadores Addiction Treatment Center
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Funding ceased for Canadores Addiction Treatment Center

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Published November 21, 2024 • Last updated 19 minutes ago • 2 minute reading

Funding ceased for Canadores Addiction Treatment Center
Funding for Canadore College’s addiction treatment center located on Lakeshore Drive has been suspended by Ontario Health. Photo by Greg Estabrooks, The Nugget

Canadore College announced Thursday that the long-awaited $6.4 million Northern Ontario Addiction Treatment Center of Excellence project has been canceled.

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Few details are available at this time. Canadore College directed all questions to Ontario Health and emails sent to Ontario Health have not been returned.

The Nugget has also emailed Nipissing MPP Vic Fedeli’s office, but no response was received by press time.

“We have been informed by Ontario Health that funding for the project has ended. All activities will be discontinued early in the new year,” according to a Canadore College media release.

“The genesis of the Addiction Treatment Center and Canadores’ involvement was the opportunity to serve as a model site in the province to demonstrate a new approach to addiction treatment that embraced a holistic approach, and to be designated as the training site for treatment centers in Northern Ontario.”

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Canadore College says wWhile disappointed by Ontario Health’s decision, “we take comfort in the fact that the 53 treatment beds will remain in the Nipissing region.”

The college said it would not comment further on this matter and directed all media inquiries to Ontario Health.

Last November, Assistant Minister for Mental Health and Addiction Michael Tibollo came to visit the site.

He stated that he was disappointed by the 17-month delay in the construction of the substance abuse center.

The opening of the 53-bed facility, located at 352 Lakeshore Drive in the former North Bay Chrysler building, was expected to open in early 2024. The new center would include nine new withdrawal treatment beds, 24 new addiction treatment beds and 20 new supportive treatment beds .

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It was originally set to open in the summer of 2022, then moved back to the summer of 2023, and now the expected opening date is January 2024.

Tibollo said the process has been a long and complicated process from the point of view of getting all the permits.

Back in 2022, the province announced that these new beds will help hundreds of Ontarians in Nipissing and the surrounding region access specialized substance abuse treatment, including access to culturally sensitive support for Indigenous clients.

“Both before and during the pandemic, we have seen an increase in demand for high-quality addiction care that meets the unique needs of vulnerable populations across Ontario,” Tibollo said.

“This historic investment is an important step forward in protecting our progress in our fight against COVID-19, and in ensuring that individuals and families in Nipissing and the surrounding region have targeted, reliable access to the help they expect and deserve. “

Nugget.ca will update this story

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