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Job Opportunities for Local Students
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…
Tent City Project Comes to a Fiery End
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…
Barriers to Getting Rapid Tests, Registration Required
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…
Former New Brunswick Doctor Accused of COVID-19 Outbreak Sues the Province, RCMP, and Facebook
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…
Mental Health Services Outside of Hospitals
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…
Can’t Buy My Silence: An Attack on the Misuse of NDAs
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…
Nurses Working in Face of a New COVID Wave
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…
Social Media Argues About COVID and Gyms
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. …
Lockdown 3.0 Hurting Gyms and Restaurants
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…
The Difficulties of Primary and Secondary Online Education
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…