Oake’s efforts have led to the opening of a recovery centre for men, named after his son. He says the centre has saved many ...

In the gym, at the location of a former rink in Crestview, hang 120 Winnipeg Jets jerseys. They bear the names of men who have achieved a year of sobriety through the Bruce Oake Recovery Centre.

Possible, though not guaranteed. One of the hurdles Oake and his family – his wife, Anne, and their younger son, Darcy – faced in helping Bruce was a dearth of treatment facilities in Winnipeg.

In a memoir titled "For the Love of a Son," published by Simon & Schuster this week, Oake detailed his late son Bruce's struggle.

Right away, it became clear that Bruce’s time away had mostly given him a taste for independence, and it wasn’t long before ...

The rate increases will fund capital utility projects and signal the importance of conservation, according to city officials.

Oake and his late wife, Anne, started to share Bruce’s story. It was a graphic presentation. Nothing was left out. The book is no different. That includes the raw, gritty details. But it’s also the ...

“It would have been even worse if we had been (more) at odds.” Still, as the book chronicles, Oake, along with his wife, Anne (who passed away in September 2021), and second son, Darcy, did everything ...