New Brunswickers need rent control and more paid sick days: NB Union

People wearing face masks hold signs that say People Before Profit and Rent Control Now.

Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, we’ve heard our elected officials state many times, “We are all in this together.” New Brunswick’s ...

Les petites maisons : une petite solution à un gros problème

by Aditya Rao et Tobin LeBlanc Haley. Traduction: Maëlys Auclair

January 18, 2022

Il semblerait que tout le monde au Nouveau-Brunswick ne parlent que des petites maisons. La semaine dernière, l’entrepreneur de Fredericton ...

A person stands in a bus shelter; two buses are visible; there is snow on the ground and the sky is overcast; the photo appears to be taken from the window of a vehicle. .

Putting the cart before the horse, or in this case, before the bus

by Shelley Petit

January 17, 2022

Why are certain cities pouring millions into green transit when they have yet to master the basics of transit itself? ...

Révision de la Loi sur les langues officielles: vers une plus grande efficacité dans sa mise en œuvre

by Éric Forgues

January 16, 2022

Les commissaires ont produit leur rapport et présenté des recommandations en vue de la révision de la Loi sur les langues ...

New maps show Sackville faces worsening flood risks

by Bruce Wark

January 15, 2022

The New Brunswick government released maps Friday confirming that large parts of downtown Sackville are at severe risk of flooding. ...

A man stands beside a tiny home. There is snow on the ground and the sky is cloudy.

Tiny homes: A tiny solution to a big problem

by Aditya Rao and Tobin LeBlanc Haley

January 15, 2022

It seems everyone in New Brunswick is talking about tiny homes. Fredericton entrepreneur Marcel LeBrun shared the stage with Social ...

CUPE NB president Steve Drost sits at a desk speaking on the phone.

Does Mr. Higgs want New Brunswick seniors to freeze?

by Steve Drost

January 14, 2022

Last weekend some 33,000 households woke up to the news that this winter may be especially difficult. The Government of ...

Fredericton Council votes no to housing homeless

Preventable tragedy shows barriers faced by people experiencing homelessness

by Charles Furlotte, Kaitlin Brogan, Ashley Weagle, Hilary Newman Loveless and Luke Garagan

January 13, 2022

Last November, a woman passed away in Fredericton's north side tent encampment after being refused a medically necessary surgery because ...

Rotary panel ponders local news drought and Irving media empire

by Bruce Wark

January 12, 2022

Concerns about the disappearance of local news and the dominance of the Irving media empire bubbled up Monday when the ...

Cotton period products, including tampons, applicator tampons, pads, curved panty liners, are pictured against a pink background.

Free menstrual hygiene products in New Brunswick schools is a great start

by Susie Proulx-Daigle

January 12, 2022

The provincial Department of Education and Early Childhood Development recently announced it will give more than $115,000 to school districts ...

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