Canada's Oldest Official Student Publication
Canada's Oldest Official Student Publication
Commuters across New Brunswick have watched gas prices steadily climb this season, hitting a high of $147.2 on October 21. Prices dipped momentarily by 1.4 cents per litre for motorists when The Energy and Utilities Board made their weekly price…
By: Quintina Northrup A beloved UNB publication turns 25 this year. After 25 years, 43 issues, and hundreds of contributors, Qwerty Magazine has earned its claim to fame. The UNB magazine is volunteer-based and run by graduate students from UNB’s…
Nursing homes and long-term care facilities have been battling with an intense fourth wave of COVID-19 across New Brunswick. On September 22, the PROMT (Provincial Rapid Outbreak Management Team) was issued by the government to look after 15 nursing homes…
Professor Carmen Poulin is one half of a research effort examining the ways in which marginalized people experience challenges in the workplace. She and Dr. Lynne Gouliquer of Laurentian University created “P-SEC”: the Psycho-Social Ethnography of the Commonplace. This methodology…
On Wednesday, November 10, Fredericton’s favourite up-and-coming comedy collective, The Labour Union, performed a show for an enthusiastic full house at The Cap. Between laughs and wiping the beer foam off of your upper lip, you and your friends surely…
“We are current, incoming, and former UNB students of the Psychology program. We would like to advocate strongly for the approval of the Biology-Psychology program on our Fredericton campus.” So opens a letter addressed to President Mazerolle from 41 UNB-Fredericton…
Send any questions regarding school, university culture, or life in general to dearsharkie@thebruns.ca for a chance to gain really bad advice from everyone’s favourite red herring. Disclaimer: Please don’t actually follow this advice. Dear Sharkie, What’s the best way to…
On November 12, Premier Blaine Higgs held a press conference announcing he was prepared to quell further strikes by offering CUPE workers a pizza party. “We are prepared to meet CUPE halfway and offer workers a pizza party. And not…
By: Olivia Chenier The Romeo Initiative was the first show since the start of the pandemic at TheatreUNB, and it breathed life back into the company. The Romeo Initiative was written by playwright Trina Davies, and was directed by 4th…
On November 13, the New Brunswick Government announced that it had reached a tentative agreement with seven of the local bargaining units representing CUPE. The Central Bargaining Team (CBT) came together to propose a wage package that was presented to…