Election platform: Expand social programs, restore public services and tax the rich
A group of New Brunswick unions and community organizations has issued a “progressive” platform for the provincial election scheduled for ...
Month: February 2018
Sackville professors warn about permanent drone warfare that murders civilians
Geoff Martin and Erin Steuter told a lunchtime audience in Sackville on Feb. 21, 2018 that in the last 17 ...
Kendra Levi-Paul asks New Brunswickers and their government to open their hearts and demand change for First Nations children
Eleven-year-old Kendra Levi-Paul is asking the Government of New Brunswick to have a heart and fully enact Jordan’s Principle to ...
It’s time for a higher NB minimum wage
It is time for New Brunswick to increase its minimum wage. And contrary to the view of opponents, there are ...
Paul Robeson in Saint John, New Brunswick, October 1945: A Concert that was More than a Concert
The acclaimed play by Tayo Aluko, “Call Mr Robeson: A Life, with Songs,” is on tour ...
Hayes Urban Teaching Farm shows that NB’s economic future can be bright
Today's news announced that New Brunswick may actually be in last place for economic growth. Cue online comment sections crammed ...
Jeremy Dutcher’s video honours the resistance of the Mi’kmaq
Tobique native Jeremy Dutcher has released a music video for The Honour Song that prominently features the 2013 resistance to ...
Indigenous historian urges scrapping investments in fossil fuels
The campaign to get Mount Allison University to pull its investments from big fossil fuel companies got a boost this ...
Sixth grader Kendra Levi-Paul is stepping up and speaking out in support of equal access for First Nations children in care
Eleven-year-old Kendra Levi-Paul is demanding that First Nation youth no longer be forgotten – and on Feb. 13 she’s taking ...
UNB Graduate Student Association unimpressed by provincial budget
The University of New Brunswick's Graduate Student Association (GSA) says that the province's 2018 budget lacks vision and fails to ...