Increase in calls to Pathways Counselling Resource Centre in Penticton shows the hardships of a blue January

Original article written by Casey Richardson originally published on Castanet. January is a month known for its cold weather and dark, cloudy skies. In Penticton, one outpatient counselling treatment centre sees the tough month’s impacts coming through its doors. “I think the big spike is Seasonal Affective Disorder, which a lot of people suffer from, […]
Pathways Addictions Resource Centre looking for donations boost to keep helping the community heal

Original article written by Casey Richardson, published on Castanet. A Penticton outpatient counselling treatment centre that has been working to help people heal is in need of donations to keep running. Pathways Counselling Resource Centre has continued operating at full force after its funding was pulled in the spring of 2021 when Interior Health announced […]
Penticton council wants addictions centre’s funding restored immediately

Pathways director says phones ringing off the hook from people in crisis
Pathways working to return

Penticton city council lobbying province to restore funding to Pathways Addictions Resource Centre
Penticton’s Pathways wants to open day-tox outpatient program

Interior Health pulled all its funding for the addictions counselling centre in May
Motion for Pathways funds

Penticton city councillor calling on IH to return funding to Pathways
Pathways Addictions Resource Centre Facing Closure as Interior Health Cancels Addictions Contracts

Pathways Addictions Resource Centre has been served notice by Interior Health that they (IH) are ‘repatriating” the 3 addictions contracts that Pathways has run for over 20 years. According to the Executive Director of Pathways, Interior Health stated that as of May 31, 2021 they will be transitioning all the addictions services in-house to establish […]
Lives lost ‘needlessly’

Recovery centres in Penticton concerned about users struggling with addiction dealing with isolation and toxic drug supply