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15 Apr

Provincial Budget Comes Under Fire From Opposition

April 15, 2022
By David Bunce

The Higgs government recently released the provincial budget for 2022-2023 and it has already come under heavy fire from official oppos...

02 Apr

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Human Rights Complaint Over Lifting of Mask, Isolation Mandates in Schools

April 2, 2022
By Quintina Northrup

Fredericton mother, Jessica Bleasdale, filed a complaint on behalf of her son, 12, with the Human Rights Commission on March 16 over th...

02 Apr

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NB Nursing Homes: Is UNB Profiting off a Lack of Caretakers?

April 2, 2022
By Joel Rumson

New Brunswick’s healthcare system has been stretched far beyond its capabilities. The union representing the nursing homes and workers ...

31 Mar

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Affordable Transportation Service Expanding to the Greater Fredericton Area

March 31, 2022
By Quintina Northrup

In a press release on March 9, Urban/Rural Rides – Transport Urbain/Rural announced that they will begin offering affordable volunteer-...

31 Mar

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We Are Passengers

March 31, 2022
By Quintina Northrup

A new ”affirmative action bill” is expected to be tabled by a New Brunswick advocacy group for people who are blind – called We Are Pas...

22 Mar

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York Street Station: Irving’s Embarrassment, NB Liquor’s Gain

March 22, 2022
By Joel Rumson

The York Street Train Station in Fredericton was built by the Canadian Pacific Railway in 1923. The building, now operational as an...

09 Mar

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To Grow, or Not To Grow: The Struggle of New Brunswick Farmers

March 9, 2022
By Joel Rumson | Graphics: Joe Jonah

Recently, citizens of Fredericton, New Brunswick may be encountering difficulties while searching for their favourite items at the groc...

09 Mar

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News Briefs February

March 9, 2022
By Taylor Chalker

Postmedia Acquires Irving-Owned Newspapers in New Brunswick In a deal amounting to $15.1 million, Postmedia has made arrangements wi...

09 Mar

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Farmers and the Changes to New Brunswick Milk Prices

March 9, 2022
By Joel Rumson

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...

02 Mar

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New Brunswick Artist Kurtis Knappe’s Video Featured in Ed Sheeran’s New Song

March 2, 2022
By Vy Phan | Graphics: Joe Jonah

For more than a week, UNB students and staff have been raving non-stop about the university’s short appearance in Ed Sheeran’s “The Jok...

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