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

*Opinion*

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

March 31, 2020

The rules are clear: abortion is considered an essential service during the COVID-19 crisis. That’s the good news. The Federal and...

*Opinion*

Migrant detainees in Quebec on hunger strike due to risks of COVID-19 transmission

by Solidarity Across Borders

March 29, 2020

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Today migrants at the Laval Immigration Detention Centre entered their sixth day of a hunger strike. Yesterday afternoon, March 28, more...

*Opinion*

Save Clinic 554 Campaign: the fight continues

by Save Clinic 554 Campaign

March 28, 2020

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Version française à suivre Clinic 554 remains open and up for sale. The clinic had been closed for a week or...

*Opinion*

Basic Income Guarantee: a bold political response to COVID-19

by Leslie Jeffrey

March 22, 2020

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I’m writing to urge you and your party to be bold during this time of crisis and introduce a much-needed policy:...

Health

Shutting the province down: the 1918-1919 flu epidemic in New Brunswick

by Gerry McAlister

March 21, 2020

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While the future impact of COVID-19 in New Brunswick remains unknown, we can look for lessons in history. A little more...

*Opinion*

New Brunswick needs to better support social assistance recipients in COVID-19 crisis: Common Front for Social Justice

by Pauline Gallant and Johanne Petitpas

March 19, 2020

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Letter to Premier Higgs and members of the all-party cabinet committee on COVID-19. The New Brunswick Common Front for Social Justice...

Economy

Gordon Edwards on small modular nuclear reactors (SMNRs) [video]

by Gordon Edwards

March 15, 2020

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Dr. Gordon Edwards, scientist, nuclear consultant and president of the Canadian Coalition for Nuclear Responsibility visited New Brunswick last week. As...

Health

CUPE’s Sharon Teare: value our elders by respecting the people who care for them

by Susan O'Donnell

March 13, 2020

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Sharon Teare, president of the New Brunswick Council of Nursing Home Unions (NBCNHU), sat down earlier this week with the NB...

Health

Sackville and Sussex call for heads to roll over plan to cut rural hospitals

by Bruce Wark

March 4, 2020

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Sackville Town Council is joining other municipalities in calling on New Brunswick Premier Higgs to fire Ted Flemming, the provincial health...

Health

Fort Folly Chief Knockwood and Sackville Mayor Higham to fight cuts to hospital services

by Bruce Wark

February 28, 2020

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Leaders in the Memramcook-Tantramar region are organizing a committee to co-ordinate the fight against provincial plans to cut overnight emergency room...

Health