Category: Saint John

Affordable housing money coming soon

There should be more money coming from Ottawa soon for affordable housing in the Saint John area.

Federal minister Dominic Leblanc was in the city yesterday speaking about the Trudeau government pledging $11 billion more for affordable housing over 11 years. He didn’t have any details to offer about projects here…but said he’ll be back in a couple of week with specifics.

Dan Murphy, executive director of the NB Non-profit Housing Association says there are 1,248 individuals on the waiting list for affordable housing in Saint John.

Parlee Beach water guidelines changing

THe province will be using Canadian recreational water guidelines for Parlee Beach from now on.

There have been concerns expressed about the water quality at the popular beach in recent years, since the province adopted its own standards there. The government has now admitted errors were made which didn’t give beachgoers an accurate picture about contaminated water.

Area residents have been pushing for months for the province to adopt the federal guidelines, which most provinces do, instead of the provincial system which led to understated health risks and confusion.