Constructions begins at Anne Oake recovery centre

Three years on from her passing, Anne Oake’s mission to help those struggling with addiction took an important step Tuesday, as her husband Scott broke ground at the future site of a new facility named in her honour. 

“The Bruce Oake recovery centre with its continuum of care has changed the landscape of recovery of men in Manitoba, and the Anne Oake Family centre will do the same for women.”

The new 75’000 square foot facility which will be located on the Victoria Hospital property will offer long-term treatment just like the 50-bed Bruce Oake Recovery Centre, but will also feature a daycare alongside the facility.

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“The notion that treatment centres should only be in rural areas is ill-founded”: Scott Oake says addiction centre location will not deteriorate neighbourhood

The proposed location of a long terms recovery centre in St. James has some residents fearing its proximity to homes and public schools. Oake says evidence from other centres located in similar areas across the country prove it’s a positive thing.

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Bruce Oake Fundraiser draws crowd

Friends and colleagues of broadcaster Scott Oake, came together in Winnipeg tonight, to help raise money for the Bruce Oake Recovery Centre. The centre, named for Oake’s late son, could provide a solution to some struggling with addiction.

Women’s only recovery centre coming to Winnipeg

A second Bruce Oake Recovery Centre is being built, but this recovery centre will be reserved for women. The facility will be in honour of Anne Oake who died in 2021. Plans to open a new recovery centre…

Women’s only treatment centre has been given the green light

A second Bruce Oake Recovery Centre is being built on the Victoria Hospital property, but this recovery centre will be reserved for women. The facility will be in honour of Anne Oake who died in 2021. Budget…

“Women many of them are concerned about going to recovery because they are afraid they will lose their kids, can have their kids with them at the Anne Oake family recovery centre so families stay together,” Said Scott Oake.

There is no timetable as of yet as to when the new centre will open its doors, but Oake says they are working to get the facility built as soon as possible

“The phone rings at the Bruce Oake recovery centre hundreds of times a day, and you’d be surprised to know that many of those calls are from women and families wanted to know when the Anne Oake Family Centre will so it has to happen soon.”