Gatherings in solidarity with Wet’suwet’en land defenders have been taking place across Canada, including in Fredericton on Nov. 23 when about 30 people rallied downtown outside the Royal Bank of Canada, Bank of Montreal and Scotiabank. The protesters are decrying the RCMP raids of the...

The Higgs government’s plan for municipal reform is coming under fire from a group that represents nearly a third of the province’s population and more than 80% of its land area. Jules Bosse, president of the Association of Local Service Districts of New Brunswick, says...

La région du Grand Moncton connait une croissance démographique qui ne se dément pas. Les grues se multiplient à l’horizon, avec près de 900 nouveaux appartements en construction en 2021, dont la moitié dans le centre-ville. Selon les projections de la Ville, quelque 700 unités...

A Mount Allison politics professor says he wonders about some of the reasons behind the Higgs government’s plans for municipal reform. Geoff Martin, who specializes in the study of local governments, explains that the province may be seeking to transfer some of its own costs...

The following statement was issued today by the six chiefs of the Wolastoqey Nation in New Brunswick: WOLASTOQEY TERRITORY - For the last 17 months, we have been clear that an Indigenous-led independent inquiry is needed to review systemic racism against Indigenous people in New...

La ministre de la Santé, Dorothy Shephard, a présenté le 17 novembre dernier son Plan de santé, un document qui fait suite aux consultations publiques qu’elle a tenues au printemps 2021. Ce document intitulé: « Stabilisation des soins de santé : Un appel à l’action...

Researchers at Western University in Ontario say New Brunswick could achieve municipal reform without resorting to forced amalgamations such as requiring Sackville to merge with surrounding local service districts and the village of Dorchester. In a paper published last May, Professor Zachary Taylor and graduate...

The shift to electric vehicles is sparking considerable new demand for metals and minerals, which some feel Canada should rush to fill. That is the argument Martin Wightman articulated in The Daily Gleaner on Nov. 15. However, mining watchdog groups, most recently at the UN...