Cedar Lodge

Overview of Treatment Approach

Posted on 14. Apr, 2007 by mjo.

Although we follow a ‘whole person’ approach with each individual, we are particularly interested in helping people to break through the barriers that have previously kept them bound.
Cedar Lodge is both innovative and creative with its approach to treatment. We recognize that each person has specific needs and issues that require special attention. [...]

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The Miracle of Cedar Lodge

Posted on 13. Apr, 2007 by Suzanne.

Over our ten year occupation of Cedar Lodge, there has been a steady unfolding of miracle after miracle. Hopefully one day I will have the opportunity to write another book about some of them. In the meantime, this is the story of how we came to be here and we hope it will bless you [...]

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Y.W.C.A. Women of Distinction Nomination/2004

Posted on 12. Apr, 2007 by mjo.

Administrator of Cedar Lodge, Suzanne Claire Olaski nominated in the category of Lifetime Achievement by the YWCA Women of Distinction Awards Committee.
Taken in part from the Saskatoon Star Phoenix Wednesday May 5, 2004, Front Page of the Section LIFESTYLE.

Twenty-seven women will be recognized at the annual YWCA Women of Distinction Awards on May 13 at [...]

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Rehabilitation Services

Posted on 11. Apr, 2007 by mjo.

Codependency was once the catch phrase to describe responses and behaviors developed as a result of living with an alcoholic or substance abuser. However, over the years, codependency has expanded into a definition which describes a dysfunctional pattern of living and problem solving often developed during childhood through a variety of circumstances that are [...]

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Food Distribution Services – Hats Off !!

Posted on 11. Feb, 2007 by mjo.

“Reaching Out” from Cedar Lodge has been ongoing since 1997 (and even earlier) and in 2004, our Administrator, Suzanne Claire Olaski, received the Saskatchewan Order of Merit for her team’s outstanding contribution to the community and province as a whole. The S.O.M. is the highest honour in the province and a nationally recognized prestigious award.

For [...]

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Ned Powers – Friends Revisited

Posted on 20. Jun, 2006 by mjo.

Saskatoon Star Phoenix – Tuesday July 13, 2004
VOLUNTEER SURRENDERS LIFE TO THE LORD
Suzanne Claire Olaski believes in miracles. Her two pet projects are providing food to the needy and Cedar Lodge, a 60 room hotel overlooking Blackstrap Lake where volunteers simultaneously run a treatment facility, house of refuge and a hotel convention centre.
Neither project [...]

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Secluded lodge offers respite

Posted on 26. May, 2006 by mjo.

It’s Just a Matter of Faith
by ML Whittles
Posted in The Outlook, Kenaston News
Monday March 1, 2004
If you are very lucky, every once in awhile throughout life’s journey you will encounter something or someone which will truly give you pause. I have just had such an experience and I wish to share it with you.
Cedar [...]

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People Helping People

Posted on 19. May, 2006 by mjo.

Our mandate is to operate Cedar Lodge with the hope of generating sufficient profits to enable significant impact upon the community to meet a variety of needs.
One of those ways is a ‘food distribution program’ and another is in our desire to provide assistance to those suffering from codependency issues, drug, alcohol, relationship, family. The [...]

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“Viewpoint” by Elmer Laird

Posted on 25. Feb, 2006 by mjo.

Published in the Davidson Leader on March 18, 2002, written by Elmer Laird.
Open letter to:
Premier Lorne Calvert, Health Minister John Nilson and Social Services Miniter Clenn Hagel:
I am writing to alert you to the fact that Cedar Lodge Addiction Center at Blackstrap Lake, Dundurn, is struggling for survival.
Survival is perhaps too strong a word because [...]

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