A community hub aimed at connecting homeless people in Fredericton to mental health and addiction services, and housing opportunities, will be opening in the city next month, according to a local advocate.
The N.B. government abandoned plans to build a new jail at a site in Fredericton, despite warnings from the deputy minister of justice and public safety that building outside the city would cost more and put inmates further from addiction and mental health services.
Robert Read and his service dog Juno have been side-by-side for the last year and a half. Wherever he goes, so goes Juno. But now Juno and Read are struggling to trust the world around them.