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A well-tailored playlist can be the key to an efficient study session. As finals season approaches, we thought The Bruns should do our part in helping fellow students—as the kids say—“lock in.”

Cover Photo Credit: Christian Dela Cruz On Wednesday November 26, UNB Fredericton’s McConnell Dining Hall hosted their yearly hot wings contest. The McConnell staff randomly selected twelve contestants to compete in six rounds of increasingly spicier wings with sauces that reached the millions in Scoville Heat Units (SHU). The contest challenged contestants to finish sets …

Cover Photo Credit: Rebecca Williams-Simms   On Thursday November 20th, as part of the Fredericton Region Museum’s lecture series, Andy Flanagan delivered a talk on his book The Endless Battle: The Fall of Hong Kong and Canadian POWs in Imperial Japan. Published by Fredericton’s Goose Lane Editions, The Endless Battle is a historical account of World …

Nadia and the Sinfonia performing on stage

On October 8th, 2025, UNB’s artist-in-residence, Nadia Francavilla, along with New Brunswick’s professional chamber orchestra, the Atlantic Sinfonia, played to a full house at Memorial Hall. The concert began with a contemporary piece by American composer Caroline Shaw called “Entr’acte” and finished with Antonio Vivaldi’s “The Four Seasons,” which musicians around the world are celebrating …

Cover Photo Credit: Mason Tozer On November 10, 2025, the City of Fredericton approved a licensing agreement for NB Power to install two high-speed electric vehicle (EV) chargers at the York Street Carpark. The downtown upgrade will save the city an estimated $250,000–$300,000 in capital municipal spending, plus $10,000–$20,000 annually in operating costs.    Tracey …