Thorpe Recovery Centre near Lloydminster will house fifteen new addictions treatment spaces.

It is inpatient addictions treatment that is available to all Saskatchewan residents.

Mental Health and Addictions Minister Tim McLeod says the new spaces at Thorpe Recovery Centre are part of the government’s promise to add 500 addictions treatment spaces across the province.

This latest announcement for Lloydminster brings the total number of treatment spaces that have been announced to 183.

In a news release the government recapped where the spaces are available. It includes 26 post-treatment spaces at St. Joseph’s Addiction Recovery Centre in Estevan, 32 intensive outpatient treatment spaces through Possibilities Recovery Center in Saskatoon, 14 inpatient addictions treatment spaces at the former Drumming Hill Youth Centre facility in North Battleford, 60 inpatient treatment spaces in Lumsden, and 36 virtual spaces through EHN Canada.