St Joseph’s receives sizeable donation

St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton got a big financial boost Tuesday.

The family of Owen Boris, the founder of Mountain Cablevision, made a multimillion dollar donation for alcohol addiction research and treatment.

Boris died three weeks ago at the age of 77.

Boris’ son says the $6 million donation is in memory of his brother who died in 2009 and suffered from alcohol addiction.

The remaining $3 million will be used to build the Peter Boris Alcohol Addiction Centre at St. Joes’ West 5th campus.

The centre will foster the link between research and clinical care of people living with addiction.