Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - November 1, 2006, Winnipeg, Manitoba b4 Winnipeg free press wednesday november 1, 2006 City disabled workers showcase their skills Hope for drug addicted youth by Alexandra Paul patients can be forcibly confined at new Centre by Martin Cash c Arole Johnson believes her daughter Colleen might still be alive today if she could have been forced to attend a unique Type of drug treatment Centre that opened tuesday. At the opening of the provinces first such Centre where youths can be con fined against their will Johnson told about her daughters decent into methamphetamine addiction and her death in an Accident in a stolen car. The five bed operation located at Macdonald youth services on Mayfair Avenue allows parents of children under 18 who have severe and Persis tent drug abuse problems to apply for a court order to have their child apprehended by police. They would be brought to the new Centre and be confined for seven Days for assessment to determine the Best treatment. Johnson did not know How or Why her daughter became so seriously caught in the terrible spiral of meth addiction but she said she and her husband found Little support from authorities. We called a crisis Centre and they came and Only spoke with her she said. She was arrested once in a stolen or sheriffs officers will accompany Theca and spent the night in jail and we photos George Douklias / win youth to the Centre his staff is trained begged the police to keep her in jail but Nipes free press in non violent methods to subdue an they said they residents who might act out. Top healthy Johnson said the support of her the fact is it is much More Likely living minister Parish priest and the love and support that our staff will be Able to get through Kerri Irvin Ross of her family has helped her family to these kids than an imposing police endure the loss of her daughter who lit left and Carole officer might he said. Up the room when she Johnson Mother a permanent 10-bed facility is Bein Colleen died three weeks before her of Colleen who planned for mar Mound a Scotia Street 18th birthday on july 27, 2004. Manito died in 2004. Facility but the final details have not a healthy living minister Kerri Irvin left the five bed been completed. However it is expect Ross unveiled a plaque in Colleen a operation located de to open in about a year. Honour at the new residential facility. At Macdonald the Centre is part of a three year $9 about 25 specially trained youth and million provincial mental health Initia youth services on drug addiction counsellors have been Tive. It also includes the creation of a Mayfair Avenue. Hired to work at the Centre modelled province wide centralized intake a Dafter similar ones in Saskatchewan and referral service for people looking for Alberta. Addictions counselling and to provide the temporary operation is being support for parents. That service managed by mar Mound an Organiza comes into effect wednesday and can Tion with a Long history of working with be reached toll free at 1-877-710-3999. Troubled and challenging youth. Ian Hughes executive director of mar Mound said that although police workers with disabilities marketed their abilities yesterday at a Job fair. It was the sixth such annual event in Manitoba the Only province to have one. We be grown every year said Greg Findlay with the Manitoba business leadership network inc. Which Spon sors the fair. The network is a creation of the Manitoba Chambers of Commerce which initiated the event in 2000 to better match jobs to people with a wide Range of Dis abilities ? from developmental and learning disabilities to physical disabilities. The first year saw 13 employers canvass a couple of Hundred Job seek ers. By last year there were 26 companies involved. We generally average one worker per company each year so id say 26 or 27 people from this Job fair. Its Good. Could it be better yes Findlay said in an interview at the Fairmont downtown where employers manned Booths at a Trade style exhibit As Job seekers passed Back and Forth surveying the prospects. Canadas tight labour Market is work ing in favour of the Job seekers. We have More and More businesses demanding More and More people said George Wilhelm a coordinator with reaching Equality employment ser vices. The Agency set a goal to place 228 workers with jobs around the City this year and its on target to reaching the goal by december. Wilhelm said businesses apply to his Agency when they can to find workers on their own. We had one business Call us and hire one worker and then two weeks later they were Back and they hired another one and then in another two weeks they were Back again and hired one More. That a in the last five months Wilhelm said. The kinds of jobs on offer Range from Bank tellers to truckers and Assembly line workers. The one Day fair yester Day featured Booths for Bison transport boo Bank of Montreal Cargill Jaghori Zons converges customer manage ment Manitoba Hydro Cinpak Ltd. And the Winnipeg Sun. Lorraine Boris Ross & Lynne Gair Terri & John Samborski. Red carpet gala on Friday october 13, 2006, the Winnipeg chamber of Commerce held its 4th annual red carpet gala at Delta Winnipeg. Master of ceremonies Larry Mcintosh 2005 ? 2006 chair of the Board of the chamber welcomed guests. or. Charles Henaire of great West life presented Volunteer recognition awards to six worthy recipients. All who attended enjoyed a fabulous meal prepared and presented by Delta Winnipeg a chef Kelly Andreas. the red carpet gala was certainly an evening to be remembered with entertainment by ? William Bonness jr.?, St Paul a High school senior jazz band and the Ron Paley band. a silent auction was held with proceeds going to the Canadian sport Centre Manitoba a podium program. The Winnipeg chamber of Commerce wishes to thank the following sponsors for ensuring the Success of the red carpet gala Host sponsor Delta Winnipeg video production sponsor Impact productions awards sponsor great West life table sponsors jaw warehousing ave Tela red River College Boeing the Johnston group cambrian credit Union Antis credit Union display co Canada airports authority linear systems Winnipeg free press Manitoba lotteries corp Bristol aerospace premiers economic advisory Council wine sponsor Stephen & Andrews Trevor Sprague chair Winnipeg chamber of Commerce head table Wendy Stephenson Judy Morfitt Shirley Hassan Larry Mcintosh gala master of ceremonies Shelley Fiola Kim & Ken Jones Jeff & Terri Hnatiuk ;