The United Nations celebrates each year the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. It is asking governments and civil society to highlight this very important event by organizing in their country, province or town, an event. Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights states...

Les Nations Unies célèbrent chaque année l’anniversaire de la Déclaration universelle des droits de l’homme. La Déclaration représente la première expression mondiale des droits auxquels tous les êtres humains ont droit. Le 10 décembre, les Nations Unies demandent aux gouvernements et à la société civile...

I’ve recently been informed that, after the appointment of an unqualified person to a position, and once protest has been voiced, it is expected and proper for any protesters to be gracious and supportive of the under-qualified interloper. It was not explained to me why...

L’économiste Pierre-Marcel Desjardins souhaite que le gouvernement fédéral sorte des sentiers battus avec sa nouvelle réforme de l’assurance-emploi. Le directeur de l’École des hautes études publiques (HEP), de l’Université de Moncton, connaît bien ce programme. En 2013 et 2014 il a fait partie d’un comité...

Avertissement : Cet article contient une description d’un attentat antiféministe ainsi que des mentions de violences contre les femmes et les minorités de genre. Le 6 décembre 1989, un homme entre à l’École polytechnique de Montréal. Il y assassine 14 femmes. C’est la tuerie en...

The Horizon Health Network has notified community leaders that it is temporarily closing all of its short-term beds at the Sackville Memorial Hospital. In an e-mail sent yesterday, Horizon said that patients who require acute-care beds will be transferred to the Moncton Hospital and that...

In a move that some opposition MLAs called a “gag order,” the Higgs government is seeking to restrict the time for debate so that it can pass its municipal reform bill by Christmas. Bill Hogan, chair of the Progressive Conservative caucus, served notice in the...

Students in the Mi'kmaq-Maliseet Social Work program at St. Thomas University (STU) showcased their work and passions at a Social Action Fair on unceded Mi'kmaq territory at Mount Allison University in Sackville on Dec. 10. At the event, the students highlighted the need for action...