Rent hikes and stagnant incomes leave New Brunswickers without housing this COVID winter
Imagine the shock if we were to wake to an overnight 50 per cent increase in fuel prices, making it $1.53/Litre...
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COVID-19
Student-led fossil fuel divestment campaigns continue in New Brunswick through the pandemic
FREDERICTON–Despite the pandemic, students at New Brunswick's four main universities are keeping their focus on the need for climate action: getting...
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Understanding the legacy of Joe Blades in the COVID-19 era
Editor's note: Joe Blades was a Fredericton-based poet, publisher and labour activist who passed away on April 22, 2020. Joe was...
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Fredericton city council needs to work on transparency, accountability and consultation: Solidarité Fredericton
Dear Mayor Mike O’Brien and City Councillors of Fredericton, I am writing to you today on behalf of our organization Solidarité...
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New Brunswick faces severe nursing shortage during COVID-19
New Brunswick is facing a severe nursing shortage over the next five years. These are part of the findings of a...
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Study seeks to interview Temporary Foreign Workers in the Maritimes during COVID
A new partnership between researchers based at Dalhousie University, St. Thomas University and Cooper Institute is seeking to interview Temporary Foreign...
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What drought? The worst drought New Brunswick has seen in decades
Did you notice the colours of the leaves changed earlier than usual this year? If you went to pick apples this...
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What can the lockdown teach us about reducing carbon emissions?
Thanks to the global coronavirus pandemic, 2020 is almost certain to be the first year the world has managed to reduce...
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Lido Pimienta raises pandemic relief funds for Indigenous Wayúu affected by the mining of coal destined for New Brunswick
When Toronto-based artist-musician Lido Pimienta performed at a Pitchfork stay-at-home concert this past April, she chose to spotlight Fuerza de Mujeres...
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New Brunswick Union urges government to protect blood and plasma supply
For several years, the New Brunswick Union (NBU/NUPGE) has been sounding the alarm on the dangers of allowing for-profit plasma collection...
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