Viola VanDijk, advocate for off-reserve Indigenous people and Indigenous women, remembered
Viola VanDijk, known to her loved ones as Vi, died in Saint John on Feb. 16 at the age of...
CUPE on Allardville lockout: “Never seen anything like this before”
Sandy Harding, CUPE Maritimes Regional Director, says the labour dispute at the rural landfill serving northeastern New Brunswick is highly...
Vaughn Barnett sentence a travesty of justice
In 2007, the last time Vaughn Barnett was sentenced to jail, they took him away in leg shackles for the...
Allardville lockout: “We were like a big family … and now they’ve destroyed all that”
"I like my job," says Claudia Gionet, a CUPE 4193 member on the picket at the Red Pine landfill in...
Fort Folly Chief Knockwood and Sackville Mayor Higham to fight cuts to hospital services
Leaders in the Memramcook-Tantramar region are organizing a committee to co-ordinate the fight against provincial plans to cut overnight emergency...
St. Thomas University students and allies rally in solidarity with Wet’suwet’en
St. Thomas University students in Fredericton organized a rally on Feb. 27 to stand in solidarity with Wet’suwet’en, and demand...
Wearing a hijab in Fredericton
Saturday Feb. 1 was world hijab day. It was also the first official display of my handmade headscarves at the...
Saint John residents rally in support of the Wet’suwet’en, send Wolastoq Grand Council statement to MP
On Feb. 21, Leap4wards organized a rally in Saint John in support of the Wet'suwet'en, Indigenous rights and UNDRIP (the...
Hiring a library service head without qualifications can have a bright side
The qualifications of New Brunswick Public Library Service (NBPLS)’s newly hired executive director, Kevin Cormier, have come under scrutiny since...
CUPE national leaders in solidarity with locked-out workers in Allardville
The two top officials of Canada's largest union sent a solidarity message from Ottawa yesterday to 23 CUPE local 4193...