Domestic violence shelters seeing unusually-low call volumes Written by Taylor Brock Friday, Feb 19 2021, 5:00 AM Genesis House is the province s domestic abuse shelter in Winkler, the town where Deena Brock s home base is. (Genesis House/Facebook)
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Manitoba s crisis line phones may not be ringing off the hook, but alarm bells are.
Despite being ready to serve, Deena Brock, Manitoba Association of Women s Shelters Inc. s (MAWS) provincial co-ordinator says beds at emergency family shelters remain empty and their call volumes are lower than in previous years. It got very quiet for a while, and it was very concerning to us for a number of reasons, Brock says.
The New Brunswick Energy board has denied Irving Oil’s request for an immediate petroleum price hike
The hike was called for because the company says demand for petroleum has been down due to the pandemic
The EUB ruled yesterday that they will have to wait for a full hearing in April to argue the case.
EUB acting chair Francois Beaulieu tells CBC – Irving Oil needed to fulfill one of two requirements to qualify, but couldn’t meet either one.
The company needed to offer evidence that waiting for a full hearing would involve a “significant delay” or that waiting any length of time for increases would have a “harmful impact” on the company and its ability to supply petroleum products.