By Heather Latter, Staff writer
Fort Frances Times Ltd. (http://fftimes.com/node/230603)

Despite the looming loss of funding for the Rainy River District Substance Abuse Prevention Team (SAPT), the board of directors has vowed to do everything it can in order to continue their work here.

MAIN SIDE EFFECTS OF OXYCODONE Red color denotes more serious effects, requiring immediate contact with health provider. References: MedlinePlus (The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists) drug information: Oxycodone

The Rainy River Substance Abuse Prevention Team offers this advice for parents, as they cope with the prevalence of drug and alcohol use among teens, and younger children. For more, see the Team’s website, at www.PreventingTragedy.org.

Educate yourself Learn about alcohol and other drugs.

Be a good example Your behavior can greatly influence your children's behavior.

M. McKinnon
Atikokan Progress

Concern is increasing about young people here using prescription medicines as recreational drugs.
The evidence is both statistical and anecdotal, and suggests that abuse of powerful prescription medications here by young people is higher than in other parts of the province.

by Marlene Deschamps
Westend Weekly

Seated, from left, Hugh Dennis, Cathy Bruyere, Ida Linklater and Ed Yerxa and standing behind Albert Calder and Christine Jourdain.

Aaron Oakes and Jessica Bekesi, members of the local branch of Ontario Students Against Impaired Driving (OSAID), created a beer bottle cap outline of Shawn Magill Wednesday (29th) afternoon at the Fort Frances Museum. The OSAID members volunteered to create the installation piece, conceived by artist Meghan Nittynen, as part of the new exhibit at the museum, "Heavy Metal: A Fusion of Art and History."

Photo by Duane Hicks,
Fort Frances Times

 

 

For Fort Frances Times Ltd.
By Duane Hicks, Staff writer
Wednesday, 8 April 2009

The Couchiching First Nation Treatment and Support Services Project will be launching a survey in May to assess how area aboriginals feel about substance abuse treatment services in the district.
“The purpose of the assessment is to enhance treatment services for the aboriginal population in the district, on-reserve, off-reserve, status, non-status First Nations, Métis, and Inuit,“ project co-ordinator Ed Yerxa said in an interview Friday.
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For Frances Times LTD
By Duane Hicks, Staff writer
Friday, March 27, 2009
The Rainy River District Substance Abuse Prevention Team, and other groups under the Ministry of Health Promotion’s FOCUS program, have been told they’ll receive funding for 2009-10, with local SAPT co-ordinator Hugh Dennis saying he’s going forward with programming for the next year.

For Frances Times LTD
By Paige Desmond, Staff writer
Wednesday, November 26, 2008

Thanks to a strong community response, the Rainy River District Substance Abuse Prevention Team has been granted an extension until Dec. 5 to collect signatures and letters of support from the community.
As reported in Monday’s Daily Bulletin, the local SAPT needs the community’s help to keep its doors open as its government funding expires March 31, 2009 and there’s no word yet on whether it will be replaced.

Fort Frances Times LTD.
By Paige Desmond, Staff writer
Monday, November 24, 2008

FORT FRANCES—The Rainy River District Substance Abuse Prevention Team needs community help to secure funding so it is not forced to shut down in March.
Falling under the umbrella of FOCUS Community Projects, the local SAPT and the 21 other sites across the province have been working off the budgets they were awarded in 1998—a total of $2.4 million distributed amongst the 22 sites.
The SAPT also has worked diligently to secure partnerships within the community.