Pictou County Municipal Alcohol Project

Details: Published: Thursday, 14 January 2021 10:13

Councilor Nicole LeBlanc has been appointment the Town of Trenton representative to serve on the Pictou County Municipal Alcohol Project (MAP) working group.

The Pictou County MAP working group began in 2013 and has since then hosted a number of intergenerational events designed to unite communities across the lifespan with a shared goal of engagement and health; raised the profile of the harms of Nova Scotia’s culture of alcohol misuse; implemented approaches to help address various alcohol-related issues; and recently advocated for evidence-based cannabis policy, federally and provincially.Currently, the Pictou County MAP working group is a partnership among municipal leaders from:

Municipality of Pictou County – Councillor Debi Wadden

Town of New Glasgow – Councillor Dawn Peters

Town of Pictou – Councillor Melinda MacKenzie

Town of Stellarton – Mayor Danny MacGillivray

Town of Trenton – Councillor Nicole LeBlanc

Town of Westville – Councillor Mitchell MacGregor

There is also representation on the working group from:

Pictou Landing First Nations
New Glasgow Regional Police
NS Health Community Health Boards
NS Health Mental Health & Addictions
NS Health Public Health
NS Health Regional Medical Officer of Health for the Northern Zone
Stellarton Police

Representatives will provide direction and support on ways to shift the normative culture of heavy alcohol use and reduce alcohol-related community disruption and other associated harms, while creating more supportive climates for enacting effective policies in Pictou County.