25-Mar-06. Program for problem gamblers receives extension. Lethbridge Herald, A3.

The Life Without Gambling program being offered by the Lethbridge John Howard Society was recently granted a one-year extension to its funding through the Alberta government’s Community Initiative Program. Gordon Leigh, executive director of the society, says the non-residential program is open to problem gamblers who intend to quit gambling and to spouses and partners who need to understand more about problem gambling. The model used for the current program was a research project undertaken at the University of Lethbridge which Leigh helped implement in local correctional institutions.