Portage B.C.
Former Crossing residents won’t let it die
PENTICTON - A former Portage B.C. resident of The Crossing treatment centre is petitioning for its return. A number of former residents at the company’s youth residential addiction treatment facility located near Keremeos, which suddenly closed earlier this month, want to see the program continue in B.C. “We need more places like that. Portage made...
CROSSING CLOSURE: Portage insists closure was budgetary
PENTICTON - The company that closed its youth residential treatment centre in Keremeos earlier this month without any notice disputes claims by the provincial government that it was closed due to unlicenced staff. Portage B.C. is sticking to its assertion that it closed the facility because of funding issues from the B.C. government, despite a...