A private member's bill that aimed to close a loophole exempting the United States from Canada's arms export controls was defeated last week in Ottawa, with all New Brunswick MPs voting against the legislation. Canada's weapons control regime doesn't apply to most shipments to the...

Editor’s note: This is the latest photo essay by Rizek Abdel Jawad, a photojournalist from Gaza City whose work has previously been featured in these pages, documenting life in the shadow of Israel’s genocidal assault on the besieged territory. A sandstorm struck the Gaza Strip...

Two dozen people came together on March 9 in Fredericton to hear about an exciting new initiative in the capital. Susan O’Donnell spoke first about why this meeting came about. The origins of this social movement lie in the New Brunswick Social Forum in 2008,...

Kehkimin, the Wolastoqey immersion school located in Fredericton, has launched 13 new books for children as part of its efforts to revitalize the severely endangered language. A book launch took place recently at Killarney Lodge, north of Fredericton. The event featured door prizes, welcome prayers,...

The Leadership of the Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs expresses unequivocal condemnation of the military attack launched by the United States of America and Israel against the Islamic Republic of Iran, which constitutes a flagrant breach of international law, the United Nations Charter,...

On April 26, 1937, German and Italian air forces destroyed the Spanish town of Guernica in what infamously became the first example of an aerial bombing campaign specifically designed to inflict suffering on the civilian population. Writing for the British newspaper The Times, correspondent George...

Green Party Leader Elizabeth May tabled a petition in Parliament on Tuesday opposing NB Power's proposed fossil fuel-burning power plant in southeast New Brunswick. The petition, which gathered 1,150 signatures, calls on MPs to "halt all federal approvals" for the project, which would be built...

A map from the Government of New Brunswick's mining industry strategy, released on March 2, 2026, shows the location of mineral projects across the province. Image: gnb.ca Enabled by Prime Minister Carney’s response to Donald Trump’s blatant assault on the Canadian...