Social Development, Office of the Premier, August 5, 2014 - Edmundston
Transition House officially opens in Edmundston
A newly renovated transition house for women who may be victims of family violence – L’Escale MadaVic In. – was officially opened in Edmundston recently. In the picture from left: Priest from Immaculée Conception Parish Roger Dionne, Bishop of Diocese of Edmundston Claude Champagne, Federal Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Minister Bernard Valcourt, Premier David Alward, chairman of the board of l’Escale MadaVic Fernand Sirois, Minister of Social Development Madeleine Dubé; MLA for Madawaska-les-Lacs Yvon Bonnenfant, director of l’Escale MadaVic Charlotte Côté; and Edmundston Mayor Cyrille Simard.