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The building that houses the Peigan Prevention Counselling Services is a new multi-use facility, built as much as a place for social gathering as for drug and alcohol treatment.

As such, it reflects the whole philosophy of the program and the people who run

it - that drug abuse is a community as well as an individual problem and must be treated jointly by individuals, families, friends and community agencies.

"Our customs are based on very community-minded traditions," said Peter Strikes With A Gun, director of the program.

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The building that houses the Peigan Prevention Counselling Services is a new multi-use facility, built as much as a place for social gathering as for drug and alcohol treatment.

As such, it reflects the whole philosophy of the program and the people who run

it - that drug abuse is a community as well as an individual problem and must be treated jointly by individuals, families, friends and community agencies.

"Our customs are based on very community-minded traditions," said Peter Strikes With A Gun, director of the program.

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When Fishing Lake became the first Metis Settlement to hold Nechi Community Addictions Training in October of 1991, it was a giant step on the road to wellness.

Fishing Lake's journey represents just one path. It began in 1991 when staff from the Settlement Recreation, Community Resource Office, Family and Community Support services, Counselling Services, the Health Unit and other members formed the Human Services Committee to address social and cultural issues, adopting the holistic model to community development.

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When Fishing Lake became the first Metis Settlement to hold Nechi Community Addictions Training in October of 1991, it was a giant step on the road to wellness.

Fishing Lake's journey represents just one path. It began in 1991 when staff from the Settlement Recreation, Community Resource Office, Family and Community Support services, Counselling Services, the Health Unit and other members formed the Human Services Committee to address social and cultural issues, adopting the holistic model to community development.

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When Fishing Lake became the first Metis Settlement to hold Nechi Community Addictions Training in October of 1991, it was a giant step on the road to wellness.

Fishing Lake's journey represents just one path. It began in 1991 when staff from the Settlement Recreation, Community Resource Office, Family and Community Support services, Counselling Services, the Health Unit and other members formed the Human Services Committee to address social and cultural issues, adopting the holistic model to community development.

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When Fishing Lake became the first Metis Settlement to hold Nechi Community Addictions Training in October of 1991, it was a giant step on the road to wellness.

Fishing Lake's journey represents just one path. It began in 1991 when staff from the Settlement Recreation, Community Resource Office, Family and Community Support services, Counselling Services, the Health Unit and other members formed the Human Services Committee to address social and cultural issues, adopting the holistic model to community development.

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Alcoholism and the law are irreversibly linked together for many Native adult offenders.

Problems with one often lead to entanglements with the other until the circle of addiction and crime seem almost inescapable. But some inmates at the Grierson Centre, a minimum security prison in downtown Edmonton, are uncoiling this vicious circle with the help of a unique program.

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Alcoholism and the law are irreversibly linked together for many Native adult offenders.

Problems with one often lead to entanglements with the other until the circle of addiction and crime seem almost inescapable. But some inmates at the Grierson Centre, a minimum security prison in downtown Edmonton, are uncoiling this vicious circle with the help of a unique program.

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Alcoholism and the law are irreversibly linked together for many Native adult offenders.

Problems with one often lead to entanglements with the other until the circle of addiction and crime seem almost inescapable. But some inmates at the Grierson Centre, a minimum security prison in downtown Edmonton, are uncoiling this vicious circle with the help of a unique program.

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Alcoholism and the law are irreversibly linked together for many Native adult offenders.

Problems with one often lead to entanglements with the other until the circle of addiction and crime seem almost inescapable. But some inmates at the Grierson Centre, a minimum security prison in downtown Edmonton, are uncoiling this vicious circle with the help of a unique program.