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Derwin Gowan

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.

2023

St. Stephen residents discuss homelessness issues, solutions

St. Stephen Municipal District Council will form a community driven committee to propose solutions to homelessness, addiction and crime. Council would also support a community effort to establish a Neighbourhood Watch program.

2023

Homelessness cost weighed in St. Stephen

A funeral on May 26 possibly brings home the true cost of homelessness in St. Stephen. At 7:23 a.m. on May 21 the St. Stephen and Calais fire departments and the RCMP responded to a call to what had been a long abandoned house at 386 Milltown Boulevard.

2023

Forest fire, made worse by climate change, forces mass evacuation

The rain that started on June 2 came as blessed relief to crews fighting the Stein Lake forest fire in the Bocabec and Chamcook area not far from St. Andrews since the previous Sunday afternoon, May 28. The blaze, which St.