The former Living Skies Retreat & Conference Centre near Lumsden is being repurposed. The facility, which was also the former St. Michael’s Retreat site established by the Franciscan Friars of Western Canada in 1963, will undergo renovations by EHN in the coming weeks with plans to open this spring as a new 60-bed inpatient addictions treatment facility.

The new facility, located about 20 minutes northwest of Regina, will provide adults 18 and older with holistic, wrap-around inpatient addictions treatment for up to 16 weeks. The facility will be operated by EHN Canada through the publicly funded health care system.

In a news release the government says EHN is a leading addictions treatment provider with decades of experience across Canada, specializing in the treatment of all types of addictions and related mental health concerns including depression, anxiety, trauma, and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).