Politics
Maliseet First Nations launch “right to fish” lawsuit against federal government
The Madawaska Maliseet and Tobique First Nations in New Brunswick have filed a lawsuit against the federal government and Department...
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Koch-Oil, Part 1: Big lies and ecocide writ large in Canada
As we know, big lies can run free across borders with few joining the dots. For example, no media are...
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Twenty shades of green – A letter from New Brunswick’s future #3
June 21, 2050 (Keswick Ridge, NB) Dear New Brunswickers, The forest dazzles a spectacle of bright greens as I...
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Political action and inaction in NB on the climate crisis
Early on the cold and wet morning of June 14, a group of environmental and labour activists gathered outside the...
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Connected communities – A letter from New Brunswick’s future #2
June 14, 2050 (Belledune, NB) Dear New Brunswickers, I’m old now—hard to believe I’ve made it to this age—but I...
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Changing policies and perceptions: Eradicating poverty in New Brunswick
As of 2016, an alarming 19.9% of Fredericton’s population was living in poverty. Poverty is a difficult concept to define....
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NB government gives options to J.D. Irving mine project to deal with Upham residents on well water
The government of New Brunswick has sent a letter to Hammond River Holdings, owned by J.D. Irving Ltd., requiring the...
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Resistance to fracking by Mi’kmaq and Wolastoqey leaders and opposition parties
Any doubt the Higgs government may have had about the strength of the opposition to fracking was dispelled over...
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Mission possible, but what about the progressive economics?
On May 16, the Green Party of Canada leader Elizabeth May announced the federal Green Party’s Mission Possible, a promising...
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Wolastoq Grand Council reminds governments of nation-to-nation relationship
On May 29, 2019, the Wolastoq Grand Council sent a declaration to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Federal Ministers and...
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