N.B. news: Local state of emergency declared in St. Stephen
The Municipal District of St. Stephen in New Brunswick has declared a local state of emergency over homeless.
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The Municipal District of St. Stephen in New Brunswick has declared a local state of emergency over homeless.
A community group and municipal committee are hoping to address what they call new issues in St. Stephen related to homelessness and drug use.
It's the first step on a long road to getting a Disability Act in the province. The New Brunswick Coalition of Persons with Disabilities hosted a virt...
(Photo: Courtesy of the New Brunswick Coalition of Persons with Disabilities) An advocacy group wants to talk about what a Disability Act would look like for the province. Brent MacPherson is the president of the N.B. Coalition of Persons with Disabilities (NBCPD). He says the coalition got kickstarted when financial assistance during the pandemic for persons with disabilities was lumped into a bigger bill which was defeated in the House of Commons. “Persons with disabilities felt that like a slap. They did not feel that their governments cared about them. So we advocated for that top-up to...