The 24th edition of the Portage Golf Open, which was held on June 4th at the Golf de Beauce in Sainte-Marie, was an incredible success thanks to the courageous participants that faced a finicky Mother Nature, with temperatures below 10º, relentless rain and tenacious winds. Despite the weather that resembled more the month of… Read more »
Frank Gjata, inspired by the famous Great Dictator Speech written by Charlie Chaplin in 1940, wrote this speech imagining what message Chaplin might deliver to us if he were alive today. It’s been a long time since I addressed you, a very long time. It was a dismal time. I shared with you how greed… Read more »
The 17th edition of the Portage Cocktail Dinner Buffet took place on Tuesday, the 8th of May at the Roundhouse of the Jules-Dallaire Complex. Under the co-presidency of Sylvain Cossette, President and CEO of Cominar Real Estate Investment Trust, and Carl Tremblay, Managing Partner at Fasken, this event enabled the gathering of a record number… Read more »
Carine et Amélie sont les chevilles ouvrières de l’admission à MIRE. Elles sont les premières personnes de MIRE que les participants rencontrent lors de l’entrevue d’admission. C’est dire à quel point leur rôle est important pour aider les candidats au programme à faire le bon choix. Elles veillent aussi au respect des critères d’admission, ce… Read more »
Carine et Amélie sont les chevilles ouvrières de l’admission à MIRE. Elles sont les premières personnes de MIRE que les participants rencontrent lors de l’entrevue d’admission. C’est dire à quel point leur rôle est important pour aider les candidats au programme à faire le bon choix. Elles veillent aussi au respect des critères d’admission, ce… Read more »
My Strong Interest in Mental Health and Addiction I can still remember that morning in August 2014. For several weeks, I had been looking for a job that would fit my interest in mental health and substance abuse. I had been getting refusal letters every day, competition among nurses being so fierce. But that day,… Read more »
Visit from Pathways to Education, Saint John, NB, to the Portage Atlantic Centre at Cassidy Lake – May 2, 2018 Portage Atlantic greeted Harry Daley, Youth Advisor, and Austin Beddow, a student taking part in the Pathways to Education programming, who attended the male residents’ morning meeting followed by a tour of the facility…. Read more »
The New Brunswick Anglophone South School District (ASD-S) high school principals and support staff held a meeting on April 13, 2018, in the Boardroom of the Portage Atlantic centre at Cassidy Lake. Mrs. Zoë Watson, Superintendent, Anglophone School District – South (photo: back row, second from the left) took part in the meeting and introduced… Read more »
In honour of National Volunteer Week 2018 (April 15-21), Portage Atlantic recognized the contributions of its dedicated volunteers in a celebration held at the Cassidy Lake centre on April 17, 2018. Portage Atlantic Clinical Counsellor and Master of Ceremony, Monique Cormier, welcomed the volunteers, youth and staff members to the celebration. She highlighted: “As we… Read more »
