Canada's Oldest Official Student Publication
Canada's Oldest Official Student Publication
In a press release on March 9, Urban/Rural Rides – Transport Urbain/Rural announced that they will begin offering affordable volunteer-based services for seniors living in the communities of Cambridge-Narrows, Hanwell, Kingsclear, and Oromocto with an expected start date of March…
A new ”affirmative action bill” is expected to be tabled by a New Brunswick advocacy group for people who are blind – called We Are Passengers – and The Canadian National Institute for the Blind. The bill is being introduced…
Tariq Harb is one of the leading classical guitarists of his generation. After quitting his finance career at the age of 25, Harb studied the guitar with Roddy Ellias, Patrick Kearney, Jerome Ducharme, Dr. Gary Antonio, and Dr. Jeffrey McFadden.…
The York Street Train Station in Fredericton was built by the Canadian Pacific Railway in 1923. The building, now operational as an NB Liquor store, holds a mysterious past relationship with Irving. An unimposing brick building with sandstone trim along…
Recently, citizens of Fredericton, New Brunswick may be encountering difficulties while searching for their favourite items at the grocery store. Some say the reason for this is a food shortage; The Brunswickan aims to find out whether that is true…
Postmedia Acquires Irving-Owned Newspapers in New Brunswick In a deal amounting to $15.1 million, Postmedia has made arrangements with Irving to purchase their New Brunswick newspaper chain. On February 17, in a press release, Postmedia announced that they would be…
Fredericton as we know it now as a white settler town really began with three families who knew their land and farmed it graciously and appreciatively. What was once only settlement of these three families, though it proclaimed exuberant soil…
From February 23-26, Theatre UNB presented The Ends of the Earth, a play written by Morris Panych. Panych is a two-time winner of the Governor General Literary Award for Drama, and was joined by director Len Falkenstein, Director of Drama…
As we continue to celebrate and learn about Black History Month this year, The Brunswickan met with Ms. Desiree Sparks to talk about how she approaches Black History Month and celebrates Black history in her classroom. Sparks is a teacher…
A sensational combination has come to the streets of downtown Fredericton: vintage video games and alcoholic beverages. Eighty Three Arcade Bar opened in December on King Street and boasts several walls of old arcade games (including Asteroids and Pac Man),…