Joel Rumson, Editor in Chief At first glance, this seemed like a typical campus decision, yet beneath the surface lurks a significant disparity: while domestic students get to enjoy an optional fee of $120.00 for the bus pass, all international students are saddled with a mandatory fee of $180.00. Why? Because the City of Fredericton …
By Joel Rumson Smoking on UNB Campus has gone up in smoke, but why? Where once UNB smokers stood puffing their stresses away, now are nowhere to be seen, and, more stressed than ever. With New Brunswick having some of the highest rates of youth smoking in the country, about 41% of students grades seven …
By: Spencer Thorne As of 2025, how far have campuses come with the prevention of sexual assault? Ten years ago, in 2015, the Government of New Brunswick released “Now You Know” a website with information regarding all aspects of sexual violence for the people of New Brunswick. Fewer than 1 in 20 sexual assaults are …
Cyr begins the song by acknowledging that UNB students have been paying a large amount of tuition to attend classes and pursue their education, and that our ‘classrooms [are] built on stolen land.’ Despite UNB’s land acknowledgement — ‘We respectfully acknowledge that UNB stands on the unsurrendered and unceded traditional Wolastoqey land ’—the University maintains …
By Emu Devine While it may not be known across the campus community yet, the 12 Neighbours tiny home housing project has grown immensely since the beginning of the year. The village, located on the Northside of Fredericton. In development over the course of the past several years, 12 Neighbours originally started out as a …
With crime on the rise within the downtown scope, businesses and citizens have began to question the logicistics behind operating within.
By: Crystal Keyamo The University of New Brunswick (UNB) recently celebrated its inaugural Mobility Day, an event designed to foster dialogue on transportation issues affecting students and communities, especially in smaller cities and rural areas. Organized by Professor of Civil Engineering and Community Transportation Research Lab (CTRL) founder, Trevor Hanson, Mobility Day aimed to spotlight …
On September 22, 2024, an assault took place at the Tannery, resulting in the death of 41-year-old André Bourgeois of Grand-Digue. On October 3, 2024, Fredericton Police arrested a 17-year-old in connection with the crime. The youth has been charged with “S. 236 (b) C.C. - Manslaughter.” The identity of the youth is being kept …
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Once upon a time, Canada had a reputation for being a country filled to the brim with kindness and acceptance. Unfortunately, it seems like we are drifting further and further away from this once beloved reputation. Marginalized groups have been attacked and discriminated against for years now, and with the election cycle coming up, it …
