PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT GRANTS $650,000 TO REHABILITATION CENTRE

MISSION - The B.C. government will provide a one-time grant of
$650,000 to the Salvation Army's Cordula and Gunter Paetzold
Rehabilitation Centre.

Located northeast of Mission, it is one of Canada's most recognized
addiction treatment facilities, Housing and Social Development
Minister Rich Coleman said in a news release.

The funding will go toward operating the centre's 90-day residential
treatment and recovery program for men with alcohol and drug addictions.

The centre, which receives referrals from physicians, hospitals,
regional detoxification centers, community agencies and other
Salvation Army programs, admitted more than 700 men in 2007.

The funding is in addition to annual provincial funding of just over
$768,000 provided through the emergency shelter program, Coleman said.