By Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Alberta Native News In Cold Lake, Alberta, a 10-bed recovery facility is helping people move beyond treatment and begin rebuilding their lives through employment, cultural connection, peer support and stable housing. Kokum’s House Recovery was founded by Zane Thain, who serves as the organization’s founder, program manager and recovery coach. What began as an effort to establish an emergency wet program eventually evolved into a post-treatment recovery facility. Today, Thain describes Kokum’s House as a place where people can move from what he calls “surviving mode” into “thriving mode.” “When we first started Kokum’s House, it was supposed to be an emergency wet program, but then the John Howard Society took over that need in the community,” Thain said. “So we turned it into a…
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