Open letter: Increase social assistance rates in New Brunswick
The New Brunswick Common Front for Social Justice and 48 other organizations, including the NB Media Co-op, are calling on ...
Month: May 2019
Open letter: Labour council presidents across Canada #UniteAgainstRacism
Kevin Smallwood, President with the Fredericton Labour District Council, is among the early endorsers of an open letter by labour ...
Doctor: Support removal of remaining restrictions on abortion access in New Brunswick
Hi everyone, We've been battling to get restrictions on abortion access in New Brunswick repealed for the last five years. After ...
A message from the future (A letter from New Brunswick’s future #1)
In the optimistic spirit of the Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Message from the Future, this is a speculative look back from 2030, which ...
Opposition Day at the Legislature: Renewable energy bill passes to committee
For environmental activists, the highlight of opposition day on May 16 was the vote by the New Brunswick Legislative Assembly ...
An obituary for Peter deMarsh
Peter Grant deMarsh - September 28, 1949 - March 10, 2019 We mourn the loss of our beloved Peter, whose ...
Workers strike in Belledune over safety position
Almost 300 workers, members of local 7085 of the United Steelworkers (USW), at the Belledune lead and zinc smelter in ...
The Winnipeg General Strike at 100
It is the most famous single event in Canadian labour history. For six weeks in the spring of 1919, some ...
Why is the RCMP watching community opposition to a quarry in New Brunswick?
People who live along the Hammond River near Saint John are dismayed that their opposition to a proposed gypsum quarry ...
Chicken Rising: a graphic novel about growing up in Saint John
D. Boyd’s debut graphic memoir, Chicken Rising (Conundrum Press) is causing a joyful stir in the graphic novel/comics world. Set ...