Opinion
Will a Higgs majority mean a tuition hike for New Brunswick students?
Now that Progressive Conservative Premier Blaine Higgs has most of the seats in the New Brunswick Legislature, there will be...
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Animal testing: animal cruelty?
In Canada, it is currently legal to test cosmetics on animals. Companies apply their products to rabbits, guinea pigs, and...
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Peace, friendship and fishing in Mi’kma’ki
This commentary was originally published by the Yellowhead Institute. Last Thursday, October 8, I found myself seated by the sacred...
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What drought? The worst drought New Brunswick has seen in decades
Did you notice the colours of the leaves changed earlier than usual this year? If you went to pick apples...
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Fredericton and its trees: the story of a dysfunctional family
A June 2020 Fredericton Daily Gleaner story recounted a local woman jumping in front of a bulldozer to save an...
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New Brunswick must stop dragging its feet on affordable housing
There is a housing crisis in New Brunswick. Just ask the mayors of its towns and cities. Earlier this year,...
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“If you work in health care, you need to be actively anti-racist”: Indigenous health care worker speaks out on death of Joyce Echaquan
Editor's note: Joyce Echaquan filmed the racism she suffered at the Joliette Hospital in Québec, moments before her death on...
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Judge’s ruling in New Brunswick breaks Treaty of 1725
A September 2019 ruling by a judge about a snowmobile grooming hub in New Brunswick contravenes the Treaty of 1725....
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No business case for new nuclear reactors in New Brunswick
Premier Blaine Higgs has endorsed so-called "small modular nuclear reactors" or SMRs. SMRs represent an untested technology but what we...
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Are we there yet? Neoliberal education and New Brunswick’s “Green Paper”
In 1994, Maude Barlow wrote that public education had become the “scapegoat” for all types of societal ills, including an...
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