Weyburn city council issues apology for disability group home comments

March 15, 2019 / by BBG Security / Canada, Disability Group Home, Group Home, Mayor Marcel Roy, The Creeks, Weyburn, Weyburn City Council, Weyburn Group Home

[ad_1] City council in Weyburn, Sask., has apologized to residents and other Canadians for using insensitive words after a controversial decision to reject a care home for people with disabilities. But the council isn’t saying whether it will reconsider the move. READ MORE: Weyburn councillor apologizes for ‘stigma’ remark surrounding group home A letter from […]

‘I am extremely disappointed’: group home proposal sparks outrage in Weyburn

March 13, 2019 / by BBG Security / Disability Group Home, Paul Merriman, Politics, Sask Housing, Sask Politics, Sask Social Services Minister, Saskatchewan Housing Authority, Weyburn, Weyburn City Council

[ad_1] Social Services Minister Paul Merriman says he is “extremely disappointed” in Weyburn city council’s decision to not approve a group home for four adults with mental and physical disabilities. The Saskatchewan Housing Authority had the application for the home before council on March 11 for a discretionary use permit in The Creeks subdivision. “This […]

3 new group homes for people with intellectual disabilities open in Moose Jaw

October 4, 2018 / by BBG Security / Canada, Dignitaries, Disabilities, Eden Care Communites, Funding, Group Homes, Moose Jaw, support, Valley View Centre

[ad_1] Dignitaries from across the Saskatchewan were in Moose Jaw on Thursday to celebrate the grand opening of three new group homes for people with intellectual disabilities. Moose Jaw Wakamow MLA and legislative secretary to the minister of social services, Greg Lawrence, joined community members and group home residents to introduce the Eden Care Communities […]

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