Life is becoming slightly more difficult for New Brunswick’s university students. As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and an ever-increasing number of lockdowns, steady jobs are growing scarce. Some students are laid off, some have been fired, and some are now working from home. The highly infectious Omicron variant has put a temporary strain …
If you’re a sports fan, you’re most likely familiar with the name of Mi’kmaq and Ojibwe STU alumni Kyana Kingbird (BAA ’18, BA ’19). Hailing from Esgenoôpetitj First Nation right here in New Brunswick, Kingbird was most recently chosen for a creative mentorship program with the Toronto Raptors and Drake’s record label OVO Sound. The …
UNB returned to in-person classes on February 7 and the attitude towards returning to campus is polarized. Some students are excited to return to the classroom while others would prefer to finish the year online. Rachel Lauder is a law student at UNB and has her reservations about returning to campus. Some concerns stem from …
On January 21, city crews, with the help of the Fredericton police, began to dismantle and remove a tent city near Government House in Fredericton. The move was prompted by a propane fire which caused the destruction of three tents in the encampment. This past summer, the Fredericton police endorsed and monitored tent cities within …
“The old world is dying, and the new world struggles to be born; now is the time of monsters.” – Antonio Gramsci, (loosely) translated by Slavoj Žižek “The settler's work is to make even dreams of liberty impossible for the native. The native's work is to imagine all possible methods for destroying the settler.” – …
Since January 5, access to rapid tests has been restricted to symptomatic individuals between age two to 49 by appointment only. Asymptomatic individuals are no longer eligible for a rapid test kit. Vitalité Health Network states on their website: “Use of the kits is reserved for symptomatic individuals under the age of 50 who are …
Dr. Jean-Robert Ngola has launched a lawsuit against the province of New Brunswick, the RCMP, and Facebook. He was blamed for being patient 0 in a 2020 COVID-19 outbreak in Campbellton, New Brunswick at the start of the pandemic. Higgs called him an, “irresponsible individual.” Since then, he claims he has been singled out and …
As COVID-19 began its tear across the globe in early 2020, a mysterious neurological illness began to afflict small numbers of people in Eastern New Brunswick. While not receiving the same publicity as the new coronavirus, this disease, which causes similar symptoms as Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease, is causing serious illness in the affected individuals. To date, …
New Brunswick entered Level 3 of the Winter Action Plan on January 14, and although the province has returned to Level 2, students are still doing school online for at least another week. These restrictions have many New Brunswick residents raising questions about how to support their mental health, as well as their loved ones, …
On January 18, six universities in the United Kingdom pledged to not use Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDAs) in dealing with complaints of sexual misconduct, bullying, and other forms of harassment at their institutions. This comes over a month after the CBC wrote an article describing a “culture of silence and fear” on the University of Prince …
