Manitoba commits $1.5 million to develop Anne Oake Family Recovery Centre
Posted April 15, 2025 5:14 pm.
Last Updated April 15, 2025 7:37 pm.
On Tuesday, the Anne Oake Family Recovery Centre took an important step towards reality, as the province committed $1.5 million in funding to help support the development of the new addiction treatment facility for women and their children.
“We believe and know that every woman deserves the opportunity to heal not just for herself, but for her children and community,” said Families Minister Nahanni Fontaine.
“Particularly mothers, often face significant barriers to accessing addiction treatment. Far too many are left without options simply because they have children they need to care for and they don’t want to leave.”
Last September, The Bruce and Anne Oake Memorial Foundation broke ground on where the facility will one day stand. Located across from Winnipeg’s Victoria Hospital, the 75,000 square foot recovery centre will include between 50 and 70 treatment beds, in addition to a licensed child-care centre, allowing mothers in recovery to remain with their children.
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“It’s a culture of kindness, of love, and of hope. It’s the same culture that will exist at the Anne Oake Recovery Centre,” Scott Oake, the foundation’s president, explained.
Oake thanked the province for their continued support while stressing how crucial it is that construction on the new facility begins as soon as possible.
“Women are dying and families are being torn apart, so it’s critically important we start as soon as humanly possible,” said Oake.
Oake went on to speak on the excitement his late wife Anne, whom the centre will be named after, had for the idea of a recovery centre for women. A vision they had long shared together, one that will soon become a reality.
“Her spirit will endure at the Anne Oake Family Recovery Centre just as well Bruce’s does.”
