Alberta Metis pioneer, long-time community worker passes away
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Benjamin Gordon Courtrille, pioneer for many Alberta Native social service organizations passed away Monday, January 15, 1990 at the age of 57.
Before becoming involved with the Native/Metis community Courtrille joined Alcoholics Anonymous on November 6, 1964.
In 1989, he marked his 25th year of sobriety.
In the earliest years of his recovery, Courtrille established a restaurant in the Boyle Street district of Edmonton with Father Mark Barrier.
