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The hypocrisy of the Liberal’s nuclear policy

*Opinion*

A Vancouver MP’s last-minute withdrawal from a recent webinar on Canada’s nuclear arms policy highlights Liberal hypocrisy. The government says they want to rid the world of nuclear weapons but refuse to take a minimal step to protect humanity from the serious threat. A month...

Food for the future: food forests in New Brunswick

by Amy Floyd

November 25, 2020

Food for the future: food forests in New Brunswick

Environment

Since the beginning of the pandemic, what a small group of people used to discuss, has now hit home with the public. Food security has been a serious concern in New Brunswick since the 1980s when small family farms became increasingly displaced by food imports...

Focus on childcare: Royal Commission on the Status of Women 50 years later

by Sophie M. Lavoie

November 25, 2020

Focus on childcare: Royal Commission on the Status of Women 50 years later

Canada

The pandemic could bring long-awaited change for childcare in Canada, according to experts. A panel titled, “50 Years After the Royal Commission on the Status of Women: Where Do We Stand Now?,” was organized online on November 23 by the University of New Brunswick's Faculties...

Preserving harvest and preserving heritage: Making apple cider in the Nashwaak Valley

by Amy Floyd

November 24, 2020

Preserving harvest and preserving heritage: Making apple cider in the Nashwaak Valley

New Brunswick

This fall, I had the pleasure of pressing apple cider for the very first time with the Mathis family in Durham Bridge. Anna and Andrew and their two children Gibson and Juniper live on a small homestead on Abernethy Road. They have a passion for...

Fredericton residents hope to keep the Out of the Cold Shelter open

by Tracy Glynn

November 23, 2020

Fredericton residents hope to keep the Out of the Cold Shelter open

Economy

Fredericton residents feel confident that they have successfully organized to keep the Out of the Cold Shelter, also known as Marshall House, open in the capital city’s downtown. On November 18, the City of Fredericton’s Planning Advisory Committee (PAC) met to discuss the fate of...

Tertulia – David Bedford on the Marshall Decision Two Decades Later: Emancipation as Oppression [video]

by NB Media Co-op

November 23, 2020

Tertulia – David Bedford on the Marshall Decision Two Decades Later: Emancipation as Oppression [video]

Canada

David Bedford delivered the talk, "The Marshall Decision Two Decades Later: Emancipation as Oppression," online on Nov. 19. In this talk, Bedford explores the legacy of Donald Marshall Jr. and the 1999 Supreme Court of Canada Marshall Decision, the effects of fisheries agreements between the...

“Our people will still step up”: Panel reviews treaty rights in light of attacks on Mi’kmaw fishers

by Sophie M. Lavoie

November 23, 2020

“Our people will still step up”: Panel reviews treaty rights in light of attacks on Mi’kmaw fishers

Indigenous

Mi'kmaw and Wolastoqiyik scholars say that treaty rights must be respected as Mi'kmaw fishers in Nova Scotia face hostility and physical attacks for fishing. Graydon Nicholas, Elder Miigam’agan and Pamela Palmater shared their views on the online panel organized by St. Thomas University, “Peace and...

David Bush and Valerie Lannon on the Green New Deal and the socialist case against the carbon tax [video]

by NB Media Co-op

November 22, 2020

David Bush and Valerie Lannon on the Green New Deal and the socialist case against the carbon tax [video]

Canada

On November 20, David Bush made a socialist case against the carbon tax and was followed by Valerie Lannon's thoughts on how we can win a Green New Deal. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5G_6uVDjYZ0&t=178s David Bush is a Ph.D. student at York University, a labour organizer active with...