Canada's Oldest Official Student Publication
Canada's Oldest Official Student Publication
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),…
For more than a week, UNB students and staff have been raving non-stop about the university’s short appearance in Ed Sheeran’s “The Joker And The Queen,” featuring Taylor Swift. The footage was a beautiful drone clip that overlooks the campus…
Postmedia Network Canada Corporation announced on February 17 that it has entered into a definitive agreement with J. D. Irving, Limited to purchase all of the issued and outstanding shares of Brunswick News Inc. The proposal includes Brunswick News’ daily…