Cape Breton non-profit adds seven units to youth supportive housing program
New Dawn purchases Sydney property to combat youth homelessness
Cape Breton Post, September 24, 2026
New Dawn purchases Sydney property to combat youth homelessness
Cape Breton Post, September 24, 2026
AUDIO: A concert happening in Sydney this weekend aims to transport you to a series of churches in rural Newfoundland through the sounds of their church organs.
As we embark on the next chapter for the greensfield site and its development, it’s worth revisiting the August 18 council meeting and what it tells us about our historical tendencies.
AUDIO: New Dawn’s Director of Youth and Family Care joins CBC Radio host Wendy Bergfeldt to talk about Abbey Ridge and the need for supportive youth housing in Sydney.
For families like the MacLeods, affordable and inclusive after school care is making the transition to school a little easier.
Margaux Paz Paredes – Le Courrier de la Nouvelle-Écosse
The site is too important to be governed by public uncertainty, private expectations, and handshakes.
A decade of supporting diversity in Unama’ki – Cape Breton as New Dawn Newcomer Centre marks its tenth anniversary with community barbecue
“You make good friends here and we all support each other.”
Cape Breton Post, June 26, 2026
New Dawn’s President and CEO, Erika Shea, and past President and CEO, Rankin MacSween, look back on 50 years and talk about the future of the organization and the community.
Cape Breton Post, June 3, 2026
“Organizations like New Dawn — that are tangibly carving out a different way — are needed more than ever.”
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Eymu’ti’k Unama’ki, newte’jk l’uiknek te’sikl Mi’kmawe’l maqamikall mna’q iknmuetumittl. Ula maqamikew wiaqi-wikasik Wantaqo’tie’l aqq I’lamatultimkewe’l Ankukamkewe’l Mi’kmaq aqq Eleke’wuti kisa’matultisnik 1726ek.
We are in Unama’ki, one of the seven traditional and unceded ancestral territories of the people of Mi’kma’ki. This territory is covered by the Treaties of Peace and Friendship which the Mi’kmaq first signed with the British Crown in 1726.
Ketu’-keknuite’tmek aqq kepmite’tmek ula tela’matultimkip wjit maqamikew ta’n etekl mtmo’taqne’l. Ula tett, ula maqamikek, etl-lukutiek l’tunen aqq apoqntmnen apoqnmasimk aqq weliknamk Unama’ki.
We wish to recognize and honour this understanding of the lands on which we reside. It is from here, on these lands, that we work to create and support a culture of self-reliance and vibrancy.