Cedar Lodge

Long Shadows on the Road

Posted on 15. Apr, 2007 by mjo.

… influential Saskatchewan people
who have made significant contributions to their community,
to the province, and beyond …

SCN Premiere

Wednesdays at 8 pm, beginning March 14,2007
Featuring Suzanne Claire Olaski, May 16, 2007

A documentary series produced exclusively for SCN television, each episode focuses on influential Saskatchewan people who have made significant contributions to their community, to the province, and beyond. Learn about their lives and accomplishments through their conversations with veteran writer and broadcaster, Bruce Steele. Other notables include Former Premier Grant Devine, Jack Mollard, Jacqui Shumiatcher, Ernie Walker, Andrea Menard.

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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 would have succeeded without Suzanne’s endless faith in God.

“There’s no other way to explain the miracles which picked me off the floor in a health crisis in 1974 and later provided an unbelievable gift, virtually out of nowhere, to help us launch Cedar Lodge.

The Ontario born woman was enlightened by her experiences as a paralegal in Toronto in 1965. “I was old at the age of 18. A close personal friend became a prescription drug user and I became involved in her fight for life. About the same time my employer’s niece became an addict and I was asked to help. I just kept meeting people who were tormented by addictions. It was apparent that people were addicted because of codependency and they were losing touch with reality. I knew the users couldn’t be free as long as their codependency continued.” (more…)

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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 Lodge Hotel and Convention Center, situated on 67 acres overlooking Blackstrap Lake is just moments from a provincial park and only 37 kilometers south of Saskatoon. With 60 rooms and abundant space, Cedar Lodge can accommodate up to 240 overnight guests.

To date the Lodge has catered to national and international events, including the 2001 World Ice and Snow Sailing Championships (WISSA), private bookings, weddings, banquets, reunions, retreats and dinners.

Walking into the large dining room, one is first drawn to the floor to ceiling windows overlooking the lake. Cozy nooks are dotted throughout with couches and chairs for that added bit of privacy. In one corner of the large cathedral-style room a wood burning stove is suspended in place by chains from the ceiling adding to the ambience for those cold winter evenings. (more…)

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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 they are able to continue operating with the work load they have. However, they are not able to serve their ever-growing waiting list to the extent they would desire. (more…)

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