With housing costs skyrocketing and tenants facing evictions and no vacancies during a pandemic, housing has become one of the top 2021 federal election issues. On September 16, the New Brunswick Coalition for Tenants Rights, the Common Front for Social Justice and ACORN NB hosted...

Can NDP candidate Don Paulin challenge Liberal MP Wayne Long in Saint John-Rothesay? Paulin, a healthcare worker and CUPE member, is nipping at the heals of the Liberal incumbent, and leading the charge for a strong NDP in New Brunswick. Don has been endorsed by...

People with disabilities are born that way--not necessarily. All disabilities can be seen--nope! People with disabilities receive all kinds of support from the government and community: Wrong again. These are just a few of the major misconceptions that surround persons with disabilities daily. My life...

Canada’s housing crisis has become the defining issue of the 2021 federal election. This may be surprising given all the other issues we are facing: a pandemic, an ecological emergency, and growing geopolitical tensions. But spiraling home costs beyond Toronto and Vancouver—where they have been...

Journalist Arshy Mann will deliver the NB Media Co-op’s annual keynote address, “Canada is addicted to real estate” on Thursday, Sept. 23 at 7:00pm by Zoom. This talk is co-hosted by the NB Coalition for Tenants Rights. Facebook event page. Arshy Mann is a journalist...

The nuclear industry lobby in Canada is conducting an intensive campaign for public funding to build new nuclear reactors - so-called "small modular nuclear reactors" or SMNRs - claiming they are required for climate action. Both the federal and New Brunswick governments are boosting the industry...

Edmundston – The union representing workers at Les Résidences Jodin nursing home in Edmundston is sounding the alarm on the significant understaffing in their workplace. Local 5108, which represents more than 225 workers at the home, is calling for an independent investigation into the numerous...

Imagine this. You have moved out of your parent’s home, finally free to live your life to the fullest. This is the dream of every average young person. But what happens if you are not “average” but disabled? Navigating the housing market is daunting at...