Two years since opening, Bruce Oake Recovery Centre has nearly 200 people on its wait list for treatment.

Shane Sturby-Highfield was homeless, unemployed and struggling with drug and alcohol abuse — and without Winnipeg's Bruce Oake Recovery Centre, he would either be in jail or dead, he says.

The 36-year-old father entered the four-month treatment program in December 2021 when he said his addictions had left him at rock bottom...

Source: CBC Manitoba