Indigenous-led drug-treatment house in Duncan to open in January – Times Colonist
Tsow-Tun Le Lum Healing House replaces a 32-bed facility in Snaw-Naw-As First Nation near Lantzville
A new facility offering Indigenous-led drug treatment and recovery services on Cowichan Tribes territory in Duncan is now completed and expected to begin offering services in January.
Tsow-Tun Le Lum Healing House replaces a 32-bed facility in Snaw-Naw-As First Nation near Lantzville, which has provided addiction and trauma recovery programs for thousands of First Nations people since opening as a drug and alcohol recovery home in the late 1980s.
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The province, federal government and First Nations Health Council joined forces to provide $60 million in funding to replace six existing First Nation-run treatment centres and build two new centres in B.C. The province then kicked in an extra $35 million.
