The “Freedom Convoy” protests are being forcibly dispersed in Ottawa with Prime Minister Trudeau invoking the Emergencies Act. Even before the invoking of the Emergencies Act, protest organizers faced adversity from a grassroots source. Protestors in different areas were using the platform “Zello” to organize themselves. Zello is an app which allows your smartphone to …
“The current lot has no parking lines and experiences a large amount of pooling due to a lack of stormwater management system,” says van de Riet.
UNB’s Student Union celebrated the month of love with a week of sexual health education and positivity. Starting Monday on Valentine’s Day and ending Friday the 18, UNBSU hosted a variety of events including, “How to Hook Up,” Sex Toy Bingo, an Asexual Discussion Panel, and “Not Your High School Sex Talk.” All of the …
The Canadian Forces has launched its investigation into Maj. Stephen Chledowski, based at CFB Gagetown, for a seven-minute-long video describing government actions throughout the pandemic as “tyranny” while likening the administration of the COVID-19 vaccine to “genocide.” Since the investigation began, ten more military members have found themselves in trouble. The Canadian Forces are now …
By: Joel Rumson New Brunswick’s healthcare system has been stretched far beyond its capabilities. The union representing the nursing homes and workers in NB says the government has failed those working in the sector. With more than 40 long-term care facilities struggling with COVID-19 outbreaks, the union president commented saying, “some are [handling Covid] well …
On January 27, hundreds of people gathered on the Nevers Road overpass above the Trans-Canada Highway in Fredericton. The initial point of the rally was to cheer on a convoy of truckers making their way to Ottawa to protest vaccine mandates restricting unvaccinated truckers from crossing the Canada-USA border. The rally was quickly expanded to …
In February 2021, Harvest House Atlantic opened the doors to its Women’s Recovery House. The house is able to accommodate up to eight individuals who will share a communal living space while engaging in a holistic, faith-based 12-step program. The program is rounded out with activities to promote their guests' physical health. On their one …
The “Freedom Convoy” is well into its third week in Ottawa. The convoy has brought chaos and gridlock to the city. Now, counter-protestors arrive and are demanding that the convoy leave, going so far as to block the convoy’s route to Parliament Hill. Videos showed demonstrators shouting, “Convoy go home!” Emma Leger is a Masters …
The mid-1970s began a wave of labour-related protests in New Brunswick. 1976 saw union members gridlock the streets of Saint John in protest against wage controls introduced by Pierre Elliott Trudeau’s anti-inflation legislation. The legislation introduced wage controls which limited wage agreements to 8, 6, and 4% increases in each of the next three years. …
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 for grain and wheat production, is now one of the most prosperous cities in the …
