The Willowview Recovery Centre is now fully open with 60 inpatient spaces available (EHN Willowview/Website).

By battlefordsNOW Staff

Willowview Recovery Centre

Saskatchewan’s largest addictions treatment centre is now fully open

Apr 2, 2025 | 1:51 PM

Mental Health and Addictions Minister, Lori Carr announced today that the new addictions treatment centre near Lumsden, the EHN Willowview Recovery Centre, is now fully open with all 60 inpatient treatment spaces available.

The intake for the second phase, which included 40 inpatient spaces began on April 1.

“The best help that we can give someone who finds themself struggling with an addiction, is to offer them a path to recovery,” Carr said. “These inpatient treatment spaces are open to residents across our province. Patients will receive holistic, wrap-around addictions treatment for up to 16 weeks to support their recovery journey.”

The first phase at Willowview started in January with an initial 20 inpatient beds, with the 40 new spaces being an addition.

EHN Willowview Recovery Centre is operated by EHN Canada, a prominent addictions treatment provider with decades of experience running facilities across Canada.

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“We are incredibly proud to provide life-changing mental health and addiction treatment to those who need it most,” EHN COO Christina Basedow said. “This milestone represents not only the culmination of dedicated work and partnership, but also a powerful step forward for the province. Saskatchewan continues to demonstrate national leadership by investing boldly in mental health and addiction services, and we are deeply honoured to work alongside the government to bring hope, healing, and recovery to individuals, families, and communities across the province.”

The Ministry of Health and the Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) selected EHN Canada through a competitive Request for Proposals process looking for an addictions treatment services that included intensive outpatient, inpatient treatment and recovery or transitional services.

The agreement to provide the service is between the SHA and EHN Canada.

“The Saskatchewan Health Authority is committed to strengthening mental health and addictions services across the province to ensure timely, appropriate access to care,” Integrated Regina Health Mental Health and Addictions Executive Director Zoe Teed-McKay said. “Individuals who are facing addiction challenges are our friends and family members; they live in our communities. Having all 60 of these addictions treatment spaces now open for in-patient service delivery will enhance existing services, reduce wait times, and help more of those people we care about receive the treatment they need to overcome addictions and live healthy, safe lives in recovery.”

Under Saskatchewan’s Action Plan for Mental Health and Addictions, 264 of the 500 new spaces are now available for Saskatchewan residents to use.

This includes:

• 15 inpatient treatment spaces at Muskwa Lake Wellness Camp;
• 15 withdrawal management spaces at Onion Lake Cree Nation;
• 15 inpatient treatment spaces and five withdrawal management spaces at Thorpe Recovery Centre near Lloydminster;
• 26 post-treatment spaces at St. Joseph’s Addiction Recovery Centre in Estevan;
• 32 intensive outpatient treatment spaces through Possibilities Recovery Center in Saskatoon;
• 40 mobile withdrawal management spaces with Medavie in Saskatoon;
• 14 inpatient addictions treatment spaces with Poundmaker’s Lodge in North Battleford; and
• 42 virtual spaces through EHN Canada.

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