A guaranteed annual income – A letter from New Brunswick’s future #13
August 30, 2030 (the Nashwaak River Valley, NB) Dear Friends, I sit in my garden on a weekday morning listening ...
Month: August 2019
Flooding highlights support system disparities in rural New Brunswick
Recent flooding attributed to climate change has both devastated and drawn together communities along the Wolastoq (St. John River). Social ...
‘Trace’ outlines the plight of refugees, rescuers and NGOs
"We did it for publicity." "We destroyed tourism." "We caused the problem." Philippa Kempson keeps hearing these derisive comments. She ...
Almost Home sees success during its film festival run
Almost Home is having a successful run in the 2019 Film Festival circuit winning Best Canadian Short Doc, Best Cinematography, ...
The tale of Skutik – A letter from New Brunswick’s future #12
August 23, 2050 (Skutik, NB) Dear Friends, I—the largest river between the Penobscot and Wolastoq watersheds—am the heart of the ...
“The garment needs gravity”: Sackville’s Jeska Grue opposes fast fashion ideologies
Jeska Grue is “a made-to-order fashion studio operating next to a giant marsh” in Sackville, New Brunswick. Jeska Grue is ...
“Clinic 554 is an ode to all of us rebels”: Fredericton Pride Grand Marshal
Happy Pride! Thank you to the generous Wəlastəkewiyik, Mi’kmaw and Passamaquoddy peoples for sharing their home and native land with ...
Challenging Mount Allison University’s complicity with the fossil fuel industry: Tina Oh
With increasing evidence of the impending climate crisis, there is a growing need in Canada to extricate from the fossil ...
Wolastoq Grand Council takes province to court to protect Mount Carleton
Starting today, August 19, the assertion of Wolastoqey Indigenous rights for protection of sacred, ecologically sensitive landscapes will be tested ...
Fracking announcement: good news in an ugly package
The August 12 announcement by Corridor Resources that it is shelving plans to frack for natural gas near Sussex was ...