Awkward questions raised at investigation of RCMP actions at Rexton shale gas camp: “Why didn’t they care about the

Environment

Awkward questions raised at investigation of RCMP actions at Rexton shale gas camp: “Why didn’t they care about the crime scene?” (Part 1 of 3)

by Dallas McQuarrie

March 20, 2015

Blockade against shale gas on a highway in Rexton, NB in 2013. Photo from Nowhere Else To...

Environment

NB part of country-wide mobilizations against Bill C-51

by Nikita Hartt

March 14, 2015

Fredericton - About 100 people rallied today against Bill C-51 in Fredericton as part of a national day of action against...

Environment

NB Anti-Shale Gas Alliance says Bill C-51 targets them and other dissenters [audio]

by From the Margins

March 4, 2015

The New Brunswick Anti Shale Gas Alliance (NBASGA), a coalition of grassroots organizations in the province opposed to shale gas development,...

Environment

Maine residents oppose relaxing of environmental rules for J.D. Irving’s mine

by Connor Albers

March 2, 2015

Augusta – J.D. Irving, Ltd is facing more public opposition to its attempts to change environmental regulations, this time in neighbouring...

Gender

Publicly-funded abortion services in NB will expand only to Moncton City Hospital

by Tracy Glynn

February 24, 2015

Fredericton - Publicly-funded abortion services in New Brunswick will only be expanding to the Moncton City Hospital, according to an email...

New Brunswick

Jesse Brown’s CANADALAND live in Fredericton: biting the hand that feeds in Irvingland

by NB Media Co-op

February 15, 2015

Jesse Brown's CANADALAND will be live in Fredericton on Thursday, Feb. 19 at 7:30 pm at St. Thomas University's Kinsella Auditorium....

New Brunswick

Irving empire squeezes newspaper carriers for a penny

by Stephen Downes

February 11, 2015

Update, Feb. 11, 2015: CBC News is reporting that Irving is rolling back the one-cent cut to "walking carriers," who earn only...

Canada

Interim settlement reached in Lac Megantic oil train disaster, but culprits say “It wasn’t us”

by Roger Annis

January 25, 2015

An initial financial compensation agreement for many of the victims of the 2013 oil train disaster in Lac Mégantic, Quebec, has...

$NBers should have no regrets about fracking moratorium$

*Opinion*

NBers should have no regrets about fracking moratorium

by Jim Emberger

January 21, 2015

While Premier Gallant develops the government’s moratorium on hydraulic fracturing, shale gas supporters continue to voice their same one-theme message that...

Gender

Abortion restriction in New Brunswick lifted but access still a problem

by Tracy Glynn

November 29, 2014

Fredericton - Accessing a publicly funded abortion in New Brunswick will no longer require two doctors certifying the procedure as "medically...

Politics