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 ...
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 ...
Speaking up for reproductive rights and access to abortion in New Brunswick
We are currently witnessing a wave of attacks on reproductive rights on many fronts. In the US, 25 white ...
Opposition Day at the Legislature: Motion to support binding arbitration for CUPE nursing home workers
For labour and union activists, the highlight of opposition day on May 30 was the successful vote on Motion 36 ...
Climate strike #4 at the NB Legislature: “Change needs to happen”
Despite demonstrations since March by youth across New Brunswick, and a Green Party motion in the New Brunswick Legislature to ...
Radical love: Great trees of New Brunswick
More than 80 percent of New Brunswick's land is forest. Many environmental activists are challenging corporate control of forestry and ...
Opposition Day at the Legislature: Renewable energy bill passes to committee
For environmental activists, the highlight of opposition day on May 16 was the vote by the New Brunswick Legislative Assembly ...
Youth speakers increasing at Fredericton climate strike
Outside the New Brunswick Legislature in Fredericton on May 10, more than 250 people, mostly youth, gathered to urge the ...
Opposition Day in the Legislature: Climate emergency vs profits for industry
On May 9, New Brunswick's provincial opposition parties could potentially debate their new bills for the first time since mid-December. ...