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Woodstock wood producer supports Wolastoqey loggers earning a livelihood

Environment

A lifelong Woodstock wood producer wants Indigenous loggers in New Brunswick to be able to earn a livelihood, but says the way Crown forest is managed in the province stops them. For 50 years, Dick Poulin managed the Garant sawmill in...

COVID-19: ease the burden on hospitals by supporting clinic abortions

by Judy Burwell

March 31, 2020

COVID-19: ease the burden on hospitals by supporting clinic abortions

*Opinion*

The rules are clear: abortion is considered an essential service during the COVID-19 crisis. That’s the good news. The Federal and Provincial laws are also clear: stay home and stay away from hospitals unless it is an emergency. However, rules and...

Green shifting education in New Brunswick—A letter from New Brunswick’s future #20

by Raissa Marks

March 31, 2020

Green shifting education in New Brunswick—A letter from New Brunswick’s future #20

*Opinion*

March 31, 2051 Dear Friends, The laughter of my twin grandchildren echoes as I watch the rolling hills of Albert County from a comfortable chair. It is a crisp, beautiful late summer’s day, and this time next year the twins will...

COVID-19 marks year 40 of CUPE’s fight to improve nursing homes in New Brunswick

by Susan O'Donnell

March 30, 2020

COVID-19 marks year 40 of CUPE’s fight to improve nursing homes in New Brunswick

Labour

Across Canada, most of the people killed by COVID-19 were living in a seniors' residence or nursing home. To date, no COVID-19 cases have been identified in nursing homes in New Brunswick. However, after decades of continued deterioration under successive provincial...

Save Clinic 554 Campaign: the fight continues

by Save Clinic 554 Campaign

March 28, 2020

Save Clinic 554 Campaign: the fight continues

*Opinion*

Version française à suivre Clinic 554 remains open and up for sale. The clinic had been closed for a week or two due to COVID and were unable to see patients via video conference during that time. They are working to...

Why grassroots activism is required to change climate policy

by Hannah Moore

March 27, 2020

*Opinion*

Policy can be an effective way to implement change, but climate change has been a recognized issue on the international political stage since the mid-1980s, and years of government discussion and planning hasn’t produced the solutions we need. The United Nations...