Petition asks Health Minister to fund gender confirming surgeries in NB
An online petition asks New Brunswick Health Minister Victor Boudreau to follow the actions of PEI and fund gender confirmation...
“You have taken our gold and now you send us your garbage”: Canada illegally dumping waste in the Philippines
Manila - Filipino activists gathered at the International Peoples' Mining Conference are not just talking about mining abuses by Canadian...
Internal documents show military denied Mi’kmaq Warrior Society’s requests for negotiating assistance
An Access to Information request shows that requests for military negotiating assistance were twice made by...
“We didn’t think at the time the images would be painful and upsetting:” Images of bound and gagged Indigenous women part of Bathurst festival
This painting of bound and gagged Indigenous women was part of Bathurst's Hospitality Days. Photo via...
Harper’s Universal Child Care Benefit not effective, just a cynical attempt to buy votes
There has been a healthy dose of suspicion around the Universal Child Care Benefit (UCCB) – the Conservative government's latest...
No place for discrimination in NB health care: RJNB
Reproductive Justice NB demands that Health Minister Victor Boudreau apologize for his statements promoting discrimination in...
Killing with kindness? Fredericton’s response to panhandling
Downtown Fredericton Inc., in partnership with the City of Fredericton, has recently installed new “kindness meters" in the downtown area...
Exotic dancers welcome here: Reproductive Justice NB
On June 22, 2015, Fredericton City Council announced that they would lease the iRock location in Fredericton’s downtown to the...
Stay human: Bob Lovelace on Gaza Flotilla
The Marianne is leaving the harbour at Messina, destination Gaza. We’ve worked hard all day getting the boat equipped and...
AIDS Activist History Project posts interviews with Vancouver, Toronto & Nova Scotia activists
Less than thirty years ago, ordinary people living with HIV/AIDS, alongside allies, took action to resist stigma, change harmful government...