Presentations by New Brunswick Sports Ambassadors (NB Hall of Fame) to Portage Atlantic youth
Sports Ambassadors from the New Brunswick Sports Hall of Fame gave a presentation to Portage Atlantic youth on various sports and their benefits. ...
Portage Atlantic Volunteer Recognition – Words of gratitude
Over the last two decades, Portage Atlantic has touched the lives of hundreds of teenagers who come to Portage seeking to break free...
Legalization doesn’t put an end to addiction
Many points of view have been put forward in speeches concerning the legalization of marijuana. Those in favour of the initiative denounce the...
Recognising Cultural Diversity at Portage
In addition to being a residential drug addiction rehabilitation program that focuses on helping vulnerable youth to stop using drugs, Portage Ontario is...
Community partners mean the world to us
Rehabilitating youth who are struggling with life's challenges and reintegrating them drug-free into society to become successful and productive adults has been Portage Ontario’s...
The impact of social media on the culture of drug consumption
On June 7th, 2017, parents from the Saint-Malachie region were invited to attend a briefing session designed to help them understand the current...
Hungarian addiction workers inspired by Portage’s model
There is a saying that imitation is the best form of flattery. Over the past 45 years, the Portage model of treatment has...
We’re young people with really adult problems
Telegraph-Journal ''But his life didn’t always involve drugs. The 21-year-old says he had a normal childhood, attending St. Stephen High School and maintaining...
Legalization doesn’t put an end to addiction: Portage’s reaction to Bill C-45 on marijuana
Many points of view have been put forward in speeches concerning the legalization of marijuana. Those in favour of the initiative denounce the...
A Portage Atlantic graduate shares her story at the Drug Awareness Forum ‘It Takes a Village to Raise a Teen’
Natalie Hugues, a 2015 graduate of Portage Atlantic residential rehabilitation program, spoke of her journey from drug dependency to recovery. Currently a student...
New drug on streets of Moncton mixes cocaine and fentanyl – Parents urged to talk to their kids about drugs early and often
CBC News ''Tambrie Hicks, an admissions officer at Portage Atlantic, said she sees young people from across the province who are looking for...
Emily’s Story of Freedom from Addiction at Portage Ontario
I sat in the waiting room looking at the walls and at the buzz of activity around me. The big sign on the...
Portage graduates start a new life at Les Habitations Communautaires Portage II
Les Habitations Communautaires Portage II (HCP II), a brand new thirty-unit apartment building created to provide graduates of Portage’s drug addiction rehabilitation programs...
Construction of the Lewis Fitness Centre
After all the planning and fundraising for Portage Atlantic’s Lewis Fitness Centre project, construction is now well underway and Portage staff members and...
Special program at Québec City Day Centre focuses on trauma’s effect on addiction
For many clients in treatment at Portage, substance abuse has often been seen as a way to ease the suffering caused by significant...
Equipping the children at the Mother and Child centre to better manage stress
Portage’s Mother and Child Program recognises that a parent’s issues with drug addiction can put a stressful burden on a child, which may...
