Editor's note: Nakba is an Arabic word meaning catastrophe. Every year on May 15, Nakba Day commemorates the violent displacement of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians during the Arab-Israeli War that accompanied the founding of Israel in 1948. To mark this day, the NB Media...

With political “centrists” like Mark Carney and Keir Starmer announcing intentions to limit immigration this month, one would think the far-right is now redefining the political centre in ways once done on the political left. These announcements mark a disturbing new political alignment, whereby all...

Premier Susan Holt has made interprovincial trade liberalization a key plank in her response to the U.S. trade war, but union leaders warn that it could wipe out gains in areas such as workplace health and safety. “Workers could lose hard-won rights and benefits if...

C’est fou comme les médias et la science font mauvais ménage, alors que les uns sont certains de se placer au service des autres. Il suffit qu’une étude, une seule, celle de la revue Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), affirme, après avoir étudié moins...

Do corporations have too much power over government, or is it the other way around? That question represents a major fault line in politics, with people on the left maintaining that governments have become captured by corporate interests, while people on the right typically argue...

The capture of Canada’s political system by business interests and the privatization of public assets over the previous decades is the topic of a new book by Nora Loreto.  The journalist and author spoke about Corporate Control in an interview with the NB Media Co-op. The...

The mining company Northcliff Resources says it has secured $20 million in funding from the U.S. Department of Defence to develop the controversial Sisson tungsten and molybdenum mine in the Nashwaak watershed, according to the Telegraph-Journal. Ottawa has also pledged $8.2 million in funding if...

Provincial governments and federal election candidates are falling over each other in a rush to expedite approvals for mining, as their response to the damage that US tariffs are just beginning to do to the Canadian economy. It’s important to take a closer look at...