This piece is a companion to the article: “I want people to understand”: Writers in Gaza publish zines through volunteer-led Coastal Lines Press. I read Coastal Lines Press zines Beneath Gaza’s Stars by Heba Ali and Midnight Thoughts in Gaza by Mohammed Al-Bardawili with a...

Edward Said was always a familiar name at my dinner table. Since I was a child, I walked past our oak bookshelf that carried the spine of his magnum opus Orientalism, intrigued by its cover image of a thick blue snake coiled around the torso...

Migrant workers often pay thousands of dollars in recruitment fees to secure a temporary job in New Brunswick, a process that leaves many of them trapped in debt and poverty, according to migrant justice advocates. On Tuesday, the provincial government introduced legislation that would prohibit...

Audio excerpts of interview with Lama Alharazin, including Alharazin reciting her poem “Those who are still here” from her zine “Rain Was Once A Promise.”   “During the war, I actually couldn’t find sense of the chaos around me. I was...

About 120 people crowded into a university lecture hall in Halifax on Friday to hear the story of how two veteran reporters were evicted from a news conference announcing the development of a $10-billion data centre in Point Tupper, Cape Breton. “I have had experiences...

New Brunswick faces critical choices about its energy future, with consequences that will extend beyond today’s needs and shape the world future generations inherit. These choices were part of the broader conversation at the fifth annual Atlantic Indigenous-Led Energy Symposium (AILES), held in Saint John...

Dear Premier Susan Holt, As a resident of New Brunswick who enjoys its many little treasures, I am deeply concerned that your government is considering the resumption of natural gas development, specifically fracking of shale gas. Thirteen years ago, New Brunswickers organised one of the...

Five poets brought their own unique voices to the icehouse poetry event at the University of New Brunswick on Friday, October 2. The 2026 icehouse poets Sue Sinclair, Loch Baillie, Tiana Reid, Michael Trussler, and visiting poet Kirby, hosted by Ross Leckie came together for...