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Katlodeeche GNWTdisagree over future treatment facility MLAs question possibility of treatment centres in the North Tuesday October 6 2015 3 HEALTH WELLNESS TREATMENT FACILITIES Rethink it. Always remember your reusable bag when you go shopping. www.rethinkitnwt.ca Did you know In the past five years NWT residents have kept over 30 million single use bags out of landfills by remembering to bring a reusable bag.Please leave a message at 872-5543 for details. WESCLEAN NORTHERN SALES LTD. Ph 867 875-5100 Fax 867 875-5155 Avalon Cat Hair - long Size - medium Gender - female Avalon is a very loving and beautiful cat. She is spayed and is up-to-date with all her shots.If you think you have a home for a Avalon please call the shelter at 872-5543. Please leave a message at 872-5543 for details. WESCLEAN NORTHERN SALES LTD. Ph 867 875-5100 Fax 867 875-5155 E-mail infowescleannwt.com web www.wescleannwt.com Avalon Cat Hair - long Size - medium Gender - female Avalon is a very loving and beautiful cat. She is spayed and is up-to-date with all her shots.If you think you have a home for a Avalon please call the shelter at 872-5543. Please leave a message at 872-5543 for details. WESCLEAN NORTHERN SALES LTD. Ph 867 875-5100 Fax 867 875-5155 E-mail infowescleannwt.com web www.wescleannwt.com Avalon Cat Hair - long Size - medium Gender - female Avalon is a very loving and beautiful cat. She is spayed and is up-to-date with all her shots.If you think you have a home for a Avalon please call the shelter at 872-5543. SpayedNeutered Up-to-datewithroutineshots House trained TriciaFemaleBaby Calico Looking for a new home Tricia is very well-behaved and loves to be cuddled. Shes only a baby and she needs somebody to love her and take care of her. But you can adopt her and love her. Yay A happy ending The Fort Smith District Education Authority will hold its Annual General Meeting Thursday Nov. 19 2015 700PM at JBT Room 113 Delegates wishing to address the authority may do so by contacting our office in writing 72 hours prior to the meeting at P.O. Box 131 or by fax at 867-872-2448. The public is welcome to attend. By DALI CARMICHAEL OverthelastsixmonthsorsotheGNWTand KatlodeecheFirstNationhavebeenintalksabout reopeningtheNatsejeeKehtreatmentcentrein HayRiveradiscussionthathasbeentemporar- ily put on hold since the Department of Health and Social Services HSS denied KFN the re- quested nances to develop a plan for a revital- ized wellness facility. HSS Minister Glen Abernethy said the ter- ritorial government was not prepared to re- enterorre-establishatreatmentcentreinthat particular facility due to several factors. In2013theexecutivedirectoradvisedthat no further intakes should take place primar- ily due to the risks in client safety he said notingthatrecommendationstoamendsafety risks were made as early as 2011 following an organizational review. Because they werent doing any intake the department notied the board that we would no longer be renewing the contract. As a result we did enter into contract with four southern facilities to pro- vide facility-based treatment. Abernethy further explained that the four centres provide a range of services currently not available in the Northwest Territories due to capacity issues. At any given time about 12 people are using the Alberta-based facili- ties over the last year 109 people have been admitted as had 174 the year before that. Comparatively the cost of sending those who need treatment south is less than what was needed for patients at Natsejee Keh the difference being 155 versus 420 per per- son per day. HoweversomeKFNmembersarenothappy with the GNWTs response and are still call- ing for a healing facility in the North. We have gone from having detox centres and four treatment centres of which Natsejee Keh was considered one of the best in North America with a 43-per-cent success rate to having no treatment available in the NWT at all Chief Roy Fabian said in a press release. Thereleasestatedthebandhaddraftedapro- posaltomeaningfullyincludeallregionsinthe NWT in the development of a plan that would include training and support for clients as they wait for a spot in a southern treatment insti- tution support to interrupt the addiction cycle thathasresultedfromdecadesofpost-traumatic stressdisorderandsupporttocommunitiesof- fering on the land addictions programs. The band was given 44000 to hold meetings and to come up with a plan Ab- ernethy said. Afterthosemeetingsalotofgoodideaswere represented he noted. Wellness centres a trainingcentreaspiritualcentreahome-base for mobile treatment these types of things. UltimatelyAbernethysaidKFNpresenteda 190000plantodevelopaproposalapricetag he was not willing to pay. Instead the GNWT offered another 20000 to develop a proposal an amount that insulted the KFN members. We can only assume that the Department of Health and Social Services does not want to work collaboratively to nd real solutions Fabian said. They offered us 20000 to do a job that would cost 10 times that if meaningful programsaretobephasedinwithsupportfrom allregions.TheGNWTknowshowmuchthese initiatives cost. It was a real slap in the face. A document asking HSS to pursue the pos- sibilityofopeninganAboriginalWellnessCen- tre attached to Stanton Hospital was tabled in the Legislative Assembly last week. At this time no other treatment facility projects are being proposed within the territory. ThroughoutlastweekssessionMLAsAlfred Moses and Michael Nadli echoed Fabians con- cernswhilequestioningAbernethyonthefuture of recovery and treatment centres in the North. OurStandingCommitteeonSocialPrograms didatourononeofourbillsandweconstantly heard the need for a treatment centre here in the Northwest Territories Moses said. He acknowledged the limited availability of on-the-land wellness programming and alter- nativeresources.Theresbeenalotofunderly- ing issues and its not only alcohol addictions butwealsodealwithgriefwedealwithtrauma and more importantly residential school and the experiences people have had with those. Hedescribedalengthyprocesspatientsmust gothroughtoattendthesoutherntreatmentcen- tressometimesneedinguptofoursessionswith counsellorsbeforebeingmovedtosaidtreatment facilityaprocessthatcanbelongerorevennon- accessibletopeoplelivinginsmallercommunities. We have modied our referral process its nowanexpeditedreferralprocesssowecanget peopleintotreatmentwhentheyrereadyin24to 48hoursAbernethysaidaddressingtheissue. ImnotgoingtocommittoreopeningNatsejee Kehhesaid.Iwillcommittoworkingwiththe communitytondauseforthatfacilitythatwill benetallpeoplesomethinglikeawellnesscen- tre a training centre for mental health and ad- dictions or a home location for what will be our mobiletreatmentoptionatsomepointinthefu- turebutnotreopenitasatreatmentfacilityagain because weve failed and well continue to fail. I will commit to working with the community to nd a use for that facility that will benet all people... Glen Abernethy HSS Minister