Detention is not a humane way to treat migrants in need of a home

Immigration

Detention is not a humane way to treat migrants in need of a home

July 3, 2023

Migrant justice groups such as the Madhu Verma Migrant Justice Centre welcomed the news in June that New Brunswick will stop...

Higgs’s reckless COVID experiment endangers public health

New Brunswick

Self-interested politicians, Conservative or Liberal, won’t save New Brunswick

by Ryan Hillier

June 26, 2023

The slow-motion car crash that is the Blaine Higgs government appears to be on a course to its inevitable conclusion, with...

Nurses union president Paula Doucet: Union solidarity is of the utmost importance

Health

STATEMENT: ‘We won’t forget how you dismissed us,’ New Brunswick Nurses Union president tells Higgs

by Paula Doucet

June 24, 2023

On Tuesday of this week, I met with the Minister of Health, Bruce Fitch, after having requested a meeting with himself...

Climate change

Energizing the future for New Brunswick

by Tom McLean

June 23, 2023

The global energy landscape is undergoing a rapid paradigm shift driven by the need to reduce greenhouse gases. Accelerating that shift...

Gender

Political transphobia (through sport) comes to New Brunswick

by Nathan Kalman-Lamb

June 20, 2023

Who would have thought that the sleepy Canadian maritime province of New Brunswick would become the bleeding edge of a North...

Articles en français

L’indifférence du gouvernement face au sort réservé aux aîné.e.s

by Bernadette Landry

June 19, 2023

En juin 2022, l’Association francophone des aînées et aînés du Nouveau-Brunswick (AFANB) publiait un rapport alarmant intitulé Vieillir dans l’indifférence et...

Education

From rainbows to storm clouds: unraveling the hidden harms of New Brunswick’s changes to Policy 713

by Charles Furlotte

June 16, 2023

The recent changes to New Brunswick's Policy 713 have caused immense concern and confusion among teachers, school staff, and the public. The...

Articles en français

COMMUNIQUÉ : Les Métallos accueillent favorablement le verdict de culpabilité d’un superviseur négligent dans le décès d’un jeune travailleur

by Syndicat des Métallos

June 16, 2023

Le Syndicat des Métallos accueille favorablement le verdict dans le procès d’un superviseur reconnu coupable de négligence criminelle ayant provoqué la mort de...

Housing

Reinstate the rent cap, because tenants don’t get vacations from rent hikes

by Nichola Taylor

June 15, 2023

NB ACORN’s message to the Higgs PC government is loud and clear: reinstate the rent cap before summer because tenants don’t...

Articles en français

LETTRE OUVERTE : Protégeons la Politique 713 et nos enfants

by Emily Muckler

June 14, 2023

Chèr.e.s député.e.s et membre du caucus progressiste-conservateur, Nous, les membres d’Alter Acadie NB, nous adressons à vous pour exprimer notre préoccupation...

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