“Where there are scabs, there is violence”: why Quebec and BC banned strikebreakers
Late Friday afternoon on February 14, Fredericton City Council voted to use strikebreakers ("replacement workers") during a labour dispute. Happy...
‘I will fight with you,’ Mitton promises protesters during rally at Sackville hospital
Hundreds of demonstrators marched Thursday to the Sackville Memorial Hospital to protest against cuts in services announced this week by the Horizon...
Fredericton contracts elite “union-busters” after locking out its outside workers
Fredericton mayor Mike O'Brien called a special meeting of City Council at 5pm on Friday, Feb 14 to consider its...
City of Fredericton makes history by locking out its outside workers
Fredericton made history on Feb. 13 by serving a lockout notice on its outside workers - the first time this...
Supporting local food
For the past month I have been working with RAVEN (Rural Action and Voices for the Environment), an activist research...
Wet’suwet’en solidarity action disrupts Deputy Prime Minister’s visit to Halifax
On February 12 at 2pm, Haligonians gathered to disrupt a meeting between Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland and Nova Scotia...
Sackville hospital cuts an attack on rural people, says local doctor
A family doctor in Sackville says he’s both sad and angry after today’s announcements about extensive cutbacks in patient services at the...
Premier Higgs: Do not call a general election in the middle of exam season!
As a result of Premier Higgs’ threat to do so last year and the importance of the by-elections that will...
Fair taxes for heavy industry in Saint John would fund fair wages for municipal workers
Raising taxes to the national average for heavy industry in Saint John would generate the public funds required for a...
Another government flood study? Work instead on solutions: Mt. Allison University professor
A scientist who teaches at Mount Allison University is wondering why the federal and provincial governments are commissioning a year-long,...