Council approves contentious Crescent Acres care home
A new residential care home will be moving into Ward 5, in spite of protests from the neighbourhood.
City council approved the plan from the Native Co-ordination Council (NCC) to purchase a property on Hadley Rd., for the purposes of opening a residential care home for five children between the ages of nine and 12.
The decision came down to a vote, which ended 4-3 in favour of the plan.
Keith Garrison, a resident in the area, spoke on behalf of those who opposed the home. He said he and his neighbours are not opposed to group homes or having more children in the area, it was the process and lack of information he was concerned with.