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 22. They have planned an official launch at Hanwell Place, located at 5 Nature Park …
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 by PC MLA Greg Turner who represents Moncton south. If passed, the private member's bill …
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. Harb went on to win a number of notable awards, including the First Prize and …
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 the roof, it is one of the few remaining brick train stations in New Brunswick. …
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 or not. David Coon, Green Party MLA, educates citizens on what has been going on, …
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 purchasing Brunswick News Inc., a part of J.D. Irving Ltd., for $7.5 million in cash …
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 …
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 at UNB. The Ends of the Earth tells the tragic story of Frank Gardener and …
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 in North Preston, Nova Scotia, an area that has the highest concentration of African Canadians …
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), and even vintage TVs with video games like the original Super Mario Bros. They also …
