Cherie Wheeler

This tiny N.L. town is home to a new shelter, and residents say it doesn't belong — for everyone's sake | CBC News Loaded NL·New People in Carmanville want more supports for people living in an emergency housing shelter in the town after witnessing disturbing, and sometimes lurid, behaviour. An emergency housing shelter in Carmanville is causing a lot of controversy in the small central Newfoundland town.

Driving around a Newfoundland town this month there are two noticeable things: buds starting to show on the trees and people getting ready for bulk garbage collection. That's when municipalities haul things like old appliances and household items to the landfill without an extra charge to the previous owner. For most people, that's a chance to clear out some of the junk and clutter, but for pickers like Andrew Emberley of Pasadena, it's the best time of the year.

Graduation day is always a big deal for a high school, but for All Saints All-Grade in Grey River, on Newfoundland's south coast, Friday's event is extra special. It's the first graduation there in six years, and the whole community is involved. "Everyone is celebrating with us," says graduate Karli Young. "They've like, helped us plan and fundraise and all that.