New BrunswickThe federal government announced Friday that it will put about $8 million into nine projects tackling substance use and additions in the Atlantic region. Three projects are in New Brunswick.2 locations in Moncton, 1 in Saint John receive some of $8M coming to regionSam Farley · CBC News · Posted: Oct 31, 2025 4:24 PM EDT | Last Updated: 3 hours agoListen to this articleEstimated 3 minutesMoncton-Dieppe MP Ginette Petitpas-Taylor announced funding for nine substance use programs in Atlantic Canada, including two in Moncton and one in Saint John. (Victoria Walton/CBC)Three New Brunswick programs will get a share of the $8 million the federal government announced Friday for substance use and additions projects in Atlantic Canada. Moncton-Dieppe MP Ginette Petitpas Taylor, who made the announcement in Moncton, said the government takes a holistic approach to addressing help for addictions.“Prevention, treatment, harm-reduction measures all have a role to play,” she said. “It’s not that we have one single solution.”In Moncton, the Young Women’s Christian Association of Moncton will get more than $540,000 for its Pathways program helping women and gender-diverse people succeed in long-term sobriety, she said. WATCH | Southeast N.B. ‘no exception’ to overdose crisis, says Ginette Petitpas Taylor::Two Moncton groups to get federal money to fight against overdose crisis Ensemble’s HOPE program and the YWCA’s Pathways program will each receive more than $500,000 from the federal government. Ensemble, will receive more; than $520,000 for its project HOPE, which stands for “helping overlooked persons excel.” The program provides information sessions and group activities to people who have experienced or are currently using substances. The group will use the money for on-site counselling and a nurse practitioner, Petitpas-Taylo said. The overdose crisis “continues to be having devastating impacts across our country and southeastern New Brunswick is no exception,” she said.“There is no one-size-fits-all and I think everyone in this room certainly knows that and solving the overdose crisis. We truly need to have all hands on deck and using all of the measures that we have at our disposal.”Michèle Nadeau, CEO of YWCA Moncton was grateful for the funding.“From supportive housing and child care to youth and wellness and employment programs, we work every day to ensure that our community members have access to safety, stability and opportunity,” she said. Michèle Nadeau, CEO of YWCA Moncton, said overdose calls are at a record high. (Victoria Walton/CBC)Overdose calls are at a record high, Nadeau said. “Behind every one of those calls is a person, a mother, daughter, friend or neighbour trying to survive, to recover, to rebuild.”She said women in the HOPE program join cohort groups, where they explore topics such as healing from trauma and grief, building healthy relationships, financial literacy and parenting. “These supports, simple as they may seem, can be a big difference between giving up and showing up,” Nadeau said. In Saint John, the Sophia Recovery Centre in Saint John will $20,000 for its substance use programs for woman in the city, Quispamsis and St. Stephen.Elsewhere in the region, programs getting some of the money announced Friday are Bell Island Support Network in Wabana, N.L., Stella’s Circle Community Services in St. John’s, Ally Centre of Cape Breton in Sydney, the Nova Scotia Health Authority, and two projects under Health P.E.I.ABOUT THE AUTHORSam Farley is a Fredericton-based reporter at CBC New Brunswick. Originally from Boston, he is a journalism graduate of the University of King’s College in Halifax. He can be reached at sam.farley@cbc.caVictoria Walton
3 New Brunswick programs to get federal money for work on addictions
