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, …
You don’t have to look far if you’re on the hunt for some free fun in Fredericton. The Fredericton Public Library (FPL) has been a trusted resource centre for Frederictonians since 1955, providing the city with a place to enjoy thoughtful reading, reflection, study, and even just some good old-fashioned peace and quiet. With a …
Immerse yourself in the UNB Art Centre’s newest installment of Rediscovering the Roots of Black New Brunswickers and learn why the lives of Black New Brunswickers have always mattered throughout the province’s history and today. For the second year in a row, the UNB Art Centre is working in conjunction with the Bi-Campus Standing Committee …
In the spirit of celebrating Black History Month in 2022, The Brunswickan consulted Black Lives Matter Fredericton’s website to gather some insight on their reading lists, movie recommendations, and favourite podcasts. The site has a ton to choose from, with each section offering deep dives on a number of topics in the fields of politics, …
The past 60 years have been billed by much of the mainstream as a uniformly progressive march towards the furtherance of human emancipation. In the popular ethos, societal development is often neatly summarized by the following equation: technology + time = freedom. The advent of medical and communication technologies – including DNA testing and sequencing, …
The play Metamorphoses was written by Mary Zimmerman and based on The Myths of Ovid, which are tales of godly intervention. Len Falkenstein directed the performance and the choices in music, set design, and costumery were magnificent. The story borrowed characters and elements from the Greek mythos, including King Midas, Erysichthon being punished by Hunger, …
If you are in Fredericton and hoping to enjoy a nice cold glass of tap water, take a shower, or perhaps let your dog take a drink, forget it. Irving now owns the legal rights to Fredericton’s portion of the Wolastoq River. Arthur Irving bought the rights to the city’s water distribution, whether by tap, …
Last month, staff and students at UNB’s own Harriet Irving Library released two new sets of Loyalist-era “story maps.” Consisting of twenty biographies in total, the multimedia project details the multifaceted lives of American exiles as they travelled to New Brunswick in the late 18th century. According to a press release offered by the HIL, …
In early December 2021, around the time when sleep struggles to bid one goodnight, Hien Tran went out for a walk. Night had fallen on the streets of downtown Fredericton and her only guiding source was the city’s ever-loyal traffic lights, standing immobile and blinking like malnourished Christmas trees. Wind whipped through the frozen air, …
Christmas is everywhere right now and tends to take up a lot of space – both physically and culturally – between the months of November and December. Still, for some, Christmas isn’t about Christianity’s religious holiday at all and is instead focused almost entirely on Santa Claus, gift giving, and feasts that the “cultural Christianity” …
