New Brunswick village ships face masks to friends in Broussard to fight spread of coronavirus

City of Broussard public safety and public works employees are better positioned to protect themselves from the coronavirus pandemic, thanks to “sister city” friends in the Canadian province of New Brunswick.

Broussard Mayor Ray Bourque confirmed Monday that an anonymous donor near the coastal Village de Cap-Pelé sent some 1,300 face masks to Louisiana so their long-distance friends here would be protected. The gift was first made known through a Facebook post last week.

Bourque said the shipment of masks – they were distributed to about 100 employees of the police, fire and public works departments — was coordinated through the Canadian fishing village of about 2,500, which has continued a friendship agreement with Broussard for some 25 years.

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