Editor’s Note: This commentary was first posted by the author on their social media on Jan. 21, 2026 after Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan. 20, 2026. Without saying the words, he clearly implied that...

Lobster industry representatives from Canada and the U.S. gathered in Moncton this week for an annual conference, with discussions on issues including trade and tariffs. Questions about substandard labour and living conditions for migrant workers in the lobster processing sector didn't appear to be on...

Canada is advancing plans for a Deep Geological Repository (DGR) to store the country’s used nuclear fuel. In early 2026, the Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO) entered the federal regulatory process by submitting its Initial Project Description — a major step in a project with...

Are you a youth in New Brunswick with a story to share? We’re inviting racialized youth aged 17–29 — including, but not limited to, Indigenous, Black, Asian, immigrant and international students — to participate in Soundscapes of Resistance, a creative audio storytelling project taking place...

A police officer fatally shot a man in Neqotkuk on Sunday evening, prompting the First Nation's leadership to shutter the community's RCMP detachment "indefinitely." Indigenous leaders are now renewing calls for action to address a deadly pattern in New Brunswick: Indigenous people — who represent...

Dear Premier Holt, Yesterday, January 14, 2026, I attended a public hearing about the Tantramar gas plant at Mount Allison University. The auditorium was crammed full of concerned citizens like me, plus many others attending online. Brad Coady from NB Power was accompanied by others...

Madame la Première ministre, Hier, le 14 janvier 2026, j'ai participé à une réunion publique au sujet de la centrale au gaz de Tantramar. La salle de l'université Mount Allison était plein à craquer avec des gens comme moi, inquiets et frustrés au sujet de...

New Brunswick's Liberal government has officially responded to commissioner Manju Varma's report on systemic racism by establishing an Anti-Racism Office and a website that shows the status of recommendations that were published more than three years ago. Of those 86 recommendations, published in Dec. 2022,...