“Shame on CMHC!” exclaimed Coun. Cyril MacDonald, referring to the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation.

The current Cape Breton Regional Municipality (CBRM) housing fiasco is not a new problem, but rather a sequel to last year’s tax-cut debacle.

“It’s deeply shocking, and I think it’s appalling,” said Alyce MacLean, housing development project manager with New Dawn Enterprises in Sydney.

Patti McDonald has a message for Cape Breton Regional Municipality council and other community leaders in the region: try living outside for a night and see how homelessness feels.

New Dawn and the Ally Centre have proposed a 24-unit safe, affordable, staffed supporting housing project for a diverse array of Ally Centre Clients - those most at risk of homelessness in the CBRM. Read more about the proposal here.

New Dawn and the Ally Centre were dismayed to learn today that CBRM Council is moving to return $5 million in funding for affordable housing to the federal government.

New Dawn has published its application to the CBRM RHI City Stream Request for Expressions of Interest. New Dawn is calling on the CBRM to hold a public Council meeting to discussion its decision to return $5 million in affordable housing funding the federal government.

Findings from what has been billed as the world’s largest trial of a four-day workweek suggest that paying workers the same wages for less work not only improves employees’ well-being, it might actually (surprise, surprise) benefit a company’s bottom line.

We’re making an unholy mess of this world. We don’t mean to, but we are. We’re good people. We work hard, we produce quality work we’re proud of and if we’re lucky, we make good money and live well.

We are excited to announce the first Fall Preview of exhibitions, programs, and events at Eltuek Arts Centre, one of Canada’s newest cultural hubs for creative work and the arts.

A new $15 million community centre is coming to Glace Bay, N.S., and officials say they hope it will help turn the tide on the poverty and drug use plaguing the community.

The design team behind the Eltuek Arts Centre in Sydney, NS has been recognized with a Lieutenant Governor’s Award for Excellence in Architecture.

The Ally Centre of Cape Breton has launched Nova Scotia's second overdose prevention site. Peer Six opened its doors on Monday at 75 Prince St. in downtown Sydney and is staffed with trained peers.

At New Dawn we’ve decided to take this moment to reflect on how we work and see if we can strike a better balance between our work, home, family, and personal lives.

This brief examines the history of income security in Canada, why basic income is the necessary next step in the erradication of poverty in Canada, and how we might get there.