How is the loss of local businesses and jobs good news?
With economic prospects for our province looking bleak, it is comforting to see a bright mind manufacturing good news. The...
“Never Going Back!”: Fredericton rallies for choice
Escorts at the Morgentaler Clinic, with help from the wonderful clinic staff, organized a rally on November 1st to counter...
The roots of hunger: why food bank use is up in Atlantic Canada
Food Banks Canada released its latest statistics on national food bank usage this week. The data are assembled in a...
Food bank use in New Brunswick continues to rise
Food Banks Canada has released their annual report, Hunger Counts, and New Brunswick has experienced once again an increase in...
This line never stops! XL and E-coli: a memoir
The major recall of E-coli contaminated meat from XL doesn’t surprise me in the slightest. There may be some substance...
Alward government dodging shale gas moratorium
Shale gas critics in New Brunswick say that two government-commissioned reports released in October are being used to give a...
The misuses of Malala
The shooting of 14-year-old Malala Yousafzai has unleashed a wave of revulsion and protest in Pakistan, along with a wave...
Former Canadian MP detained in Israel, Gaza humanitarian ship crew assaulted
Update, Oct. 23: Jim Manly has been released from Israeli jail and is on his way home to Canada. Jim...
¡La lucha continua! Hot and Crusty workers’ fight is every New York worker’s fight
Update: On Oct. 25th, Day 55 of the picket, the Hot and Crusty workers signed a collective bargaining agreement with...
LaPierre’s flawed reasons to rule out a moratorium on shale gas
Dr. Louis LaPierre, a Professor Emeritus in Biology at the Université de Moncton, was hired last June by the Government...