News in brief: AFM counsellors stationed at MYS, Access Fort Garry

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AFM counsellors stationed at MYS, Access Fort Garry

The province of Manitoba has expanded mental health and addictions services for youth by placing counsellors in nine new locations across Winnipeg.

“The VIRGO report on mental health and addictions recommended improving access and co-ordination of mental health and addiction services in Manitoba,” health, seniors and active living minister Cameron Friesen said in a statement.

“The needs of youth are evolving and it is vital that we keep services grounded in the community. Co-locating these services at different sites allows counsellors to be both aware of emergent trends and able to adapt their responses to new or evolving issues.”

Youth counsellors from the Addictions Foundation of Manitoba will be made available at Access Fort Garry and Macdonald Youth Services in southwest Winnipeg.

Other community health facilities staffed with counsellors include Aikins Street Community Health Centre, Centre de Santé Sainte-Boniface, Eagle Urban Transition, Ma Mawi Wi Chi Itata Centre, New Directions, Ndinawemaaganag Endaawaad, and the mobile StreetReach Program.

According to the province, the addition of counsellors to community health facilities followed a three-month consultative and planning process. 

Between April 2018 and March 2019, AFM community-based youth services in Winnipeg received 478 youth admissions.

Vacant bungalow burns on Kylemore

Winnipeg firefighters extinguished a blaze in a single-storey home in the 700 block of Kylemore Avenue on June 10.

The Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service said crews were called to the vacant bungalow just after 8:50 p.m.

Once on scene, crews found heavy smoke and launched an offensive attack against the blaze. The fire was declared under control at 9:09 p.m. A search of the home revealed no occupants and no injuries were reported. The cause of the fire is under investigation.

Leopold’s Tavern to open on Academy Road

A new pub is preparing to pour some suds in River Heights.

Leopold’s Tavern has announced its second Winnipeg location at 408 Academy Rd.

The Saskatchewan-based chain of pub-style restaurants opened its first Manitoba location in South Osborne, adjacent to The Park Theatre, in July 2018.

According to a post by Leopold’s on social media, the new River Heights location is set to open in fall 2019.