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Derwin Gowan

2024

Temporary housing plan paused after neighbours raise concerns

The provincial government's plan to open temporary housing for homeless people in St. Stephen seems uncertain following a meeting with affected neighbours. Social Development Minister Jill Green announced the plan on January 16 to set up trailers on provincially owned land...

2024

St. Stephen drop-in centre helps homeless

A drop in centre at Neighbourhood Works might prevent people without homes from freezing to death in St. Stephen this winter. The group opened the centre at its headquarters in the former Holy Rosary Roman Catholic Church on December 8, the day of the funeral for Adam Dickerson.

2023

St. Stephen hotel plans halted, as contractors take legal action

St. Stephen might need a new developer to build a hotel. Local businessman Tom McFarlane announced more than a decade ago that his company, Spur Line Properties Inc., would build a Best Western hotel with restaurant and other amenities on the St. Croix riverbank.

2023

St. Stephen declares emergency on homelessness

St. Stephen Municipal District Council voted unanimously on December 4 to declare a state of local emergency due to the large number of homeless people in this community, which has been estimated at between 70 and 100, with one man in his 40s found outside at 3 a.m.

2023

National basketball experience museum planned for St. Stephen

A major tourist attraction built around the world's oldest surviving basketball court could open in St. Stephen within five years, says David Ganong with Canada 1st Basketball Inc. The group plans to launch the second phase of its fundraising campaign at the end of this month.

2023

Milltown dam removal to open up habitat for alewives

Work to remove the Milltown dam continues on schedule towards the target of finishing in spring 2024, according to the New Brunswick Power Commission. The provincial electrical utility announced in June 2019 that it planned to remove this dam across the St. Croix River at St.

2023

Thefts may have sparked vigilante action on Deer Island

The possible vigilante action late July 11 on Deer Island appears to have been in response to the large number of thefts occurring on the island during the past few years, with islanders blaming a group of people who were staying at an abandoned house near Fairhaven.