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 …
Since the first cases of the Omicron variant were found in New Brunswick in early December 2021, hospitalization rates in the province have increased visibly due to the variant's high transmissibility. This adds an immense amount of stress on the already-fragile healthcare system that the province is working with, and especially on the healthcare workers. …
A debate has raged across New Brunswick social media pages during the past week. With Level 3 measures taking effect, gyms have been forced to close. Many gym owners and gym-goers have expressed their displeasure with the provincial government’s decision. People opposed to the opening of gyms have pointed out the high likelihood of COVID-19 …
January 14 marked the transition into Level 3 of New Brunswick’s COVID-19 Winter Plan. While going by a different name this time, it marked the third “lockdown” in the province since the pandemic began in March 2020. Under the new rules, restaurants and gyms are facing a familiar fate. Gyms are completely closed while restaurants …
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, …
Effective as of December 4 at midnight, all areas in New Brunswick shifted to level one as part of the newly announced COVID-19 Winter Plan. New Brunswick’s Health Minister Dorothy Shephard said on Friday the Winter Action Plan will aid in reducing the spread of the virus when combined with vaccinations and public health guidelines. …
The past week has seen multiple incidents of violence at Fredericton and Oromocto High Schools. Some events have been confirmed by school officials and police, while others have been embellished by social media posts. Some parents have removed their children from the classroom over the past two weeks leading to yet another interruption in a …
Swimming across the oceans from Canada’s East Coast to the Caribbean Sea are the Atlantic shortfin mako sharks. They are highly migratory animals that can be found in places such as Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Newfoundland within the range of Canada alone. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List noted this …
The Saint John Human Development Council (HDC) is a planning council that holds federal funds in trust and distributes them where needed across the Maritimes. They work on reports such as minimum wage and the child poverty card. Cathy Foote is the affordable housing specialist who helps identify social issues in the greater Saint John …
Tyler Boland, Samuel Dove-McFalls, Austen Keating, defenceman Joe Gatenby, goaltender Rylan Parenteau, and coach Gardiner MacDougall of the UNB Reds men's hockey team have been selected to attend the 2021 FISU winter games, and play for Canada’s men's team. Unlike other years, the FISU games do not overlap with regular season games, but they do …
