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Portage studies the effects of childhood abuse on those in treatment for drug addiction

In 2011, the Bureau d’aide aux victimes d’actes criminels agreed to fund a project at the Portage addiction rehabilitation centre in Québec City, specifically tailored to clients who had been...
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Le concert de Friars Family permet à Portage Atlantique d’amasser plus de 50 000 $

Le 26 novembre, Tracy Friars et ses sept sœurs ont animé un des concerts-bénéfice les plus populaires de Saint John, consacré cette année aux jeunes souhaitant vaincre leur dépendance chez...
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Friars Family concert raises over $50,000 for Portage Atlantic

On November 26, Tracy Friars and her seven sisters hosted one of Saint John’s most popular fundraising concerts, dedicated this year the youth who are working to overcome their substance...
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Un mode de vie sain et actif pour les jeunes au centre de Portage, à Prévost

Grâce au soutien financier du Regroupement Courant-Nord de Québec en Forme, Portage a pu mettre en place un programme en trois volets pour inculquer de saines habitudes de vie à...
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Encouraging the youth at Portage lac Écho to have a healthy and active lifestyle

With the financial support of the Regroupement Courant-Nord de Québec en Forme, Portage has been able to establish a three-part healthy lifestyle program for its adolescent community at Portage Prévost....
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Portage residents walk for mental health

On Sunday October 14, 2012, over a hundred Portage residents and staff members got together for a mental health awareness walk through the streets of downtown Montréal, organised by several...
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Les usagers du centre de Portage à Beaconsfield s’impliquent dans la collectivité

Au début du mois d'octobre, plusieurs usagers et membres du personnel du centre de Portage à Beaconsfield se sont joints à un groupe de bénévoles pour aider à revitaliser un...
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Portage Beaconsfield residents give back to the community

At the beginning of October, several Portage Beaconsfield residents and staff members joined a group of volunteers to help revitalise a park in a low-income neighbourhood. This grassroots community project...
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D’ex-toxicomanes sur le marché du travail

TVA Nouvelles Reprendre goût à la vie D'ex-toxicomanes sur le marché du travail Depuis maintenant 25 ans, les ex-toxicomanes peuvent compter sur les conseils de professionnels du programme d'aide à...
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Orienter ou réorienter ses projets professionnels après un épisode de toxicomanie

Dans le cadre de la Semaine de l'orientation se déroulant du 4 au 10 novembre 2012, Portage-Québec met en lumière son Centre de formation à l'emploi, le seul programme à...
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Portage to join the Ontario Telemedicine Network

Portage Ontario is among the addiction agencies recently selected to receive new telemedicine equipment and support to link into the Ontario Telemedicine Network (OTN). This is part of the Ontario...
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Dear Portage, you helped get Dave back on track

Portage recently received the following letter of appreciation from a foster father who had taken in a graduate from the Portage drug rehabilitation program in Elora a few years ago....
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An inside look into Portage Elora’s social reintegration program

Whether in Guelph, Port Elgin, Ottawa, Kitchener, Toronto, or anywhere else in Ontario, Christy Kolb travels on a weekly basis to meet with the youth who are in Portage Elora's...
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Portage gets its very own fitness centre

Portage Atlantic is pleased to announce that a brand new fitness centre will soon be built at Cassidy Lake, thanks to a very generous donation from the late Dr. William...
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Outward Bound: “If I can do this, I can succeed at recovery too”

Six adventurous and persistent young women who are nearing the end of the residential phase of their rehabilitation treatment program at Portage Elora went on a week-long, and somewhat rainy...
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For youth and by youth, “La Rive” raises awareness about drug addiction

Since it was established in 2004, a number of graduates of the Portage adolescent programs in the Montréal region have benefited from the “La Rive” project, a social reintegration program...