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A commits is searching for
somewhere in Terrace to.
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: “The building that v was |former-
‘ly used as a. nurses’ residence on

Tetrault ‘St. next to Mills Memor-

“ial Hospital has sat empty for a

number of years. There is now

“movement afoot to upgrade the

building and put it into use. One
of the many ideas being. con-
sidered is to use the building as a
regional detoxification centre.
The. concept of a regional

‘detox centre started out as a B.C.

Healthy Communities initiative.
A steering committee was formed

- to look into the feasibility of using

the old nurses’ residence space.
Eve Kusnick, the program direc-
tor and counsellor for Northwest

Alcohol and Drug Services of

Terrace Review — May 15, 1992

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‘Tertace, ‘sat: in on. ‘some of the
steering committee | meetings: in.

an advisory capacity.
_ Kusnick sees the detox unit a as.
a true necessity. All Northwest:

Drug and Alcohol clients who

need detoxification: that are not
treated in Mills Memorial have to

go by bus to Prince George. The

bus ride from ‘Terrace, or any

other northwest .community, . to”

Prince George is a long period of
time, especially for someone in
need of detoxification. Kusnick
says many of them. step off the
bus along the way, and never
make it to Prince George. Also,

there is not always a‘bed avail-
able in the Prince George centre,

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