On March 26th, 2026, the Fredericton writing community celebrated UNB English Professors and co-chairs of the Creative Writing Department Kasia Van Schaik and Sue Sinclair’s newest books at Gallery 78. In a heritage building, surrounded by artwork, and with a view of the Wolastoq behind them, Van Schaik read from her new hybrid memoir and …
Jeff Giesea, a communications specialist, entrepreneur, and writer defines “Memetic Warfare” as “competition over narrative, ideas, and social control in a social-media battlefield.” He further notes, “One might think of it as a subset of ‘information operations’ tailored to social media.” In short, the term describes propaganda in the form of internet memes.
On April 10th 2026, UNB’s Media Arts and Culture society organized the annual MAAC Society Showcase. The Showcase allowed students to submit up to four separate pieces of film, visual art, photographs, and/or music. The event began at 6 p.m. in Marshal D’avery Hall, running until 8:30 p.m., the UNB Alumni Association sponsoring the evening.
New Brunswick’s projected deficit has surpassed $1.3 billion prior to the March 17 fiscal update, increasing by almost $800 million from the projection made last March, which predicted a $549 million deficit. In the March 17 fiscal update, the Department of Finance and Treasury Board stated that revenues are projected to reach $14.24 billion, while …
On March 3, 2023, a cleaner at the Grand Sunset Princess Hotel in Playa del Carmen found Kiara Agnew, a twenty-three-year-old British Columbia citizen, beaten to death at their resort.
Throughout March 2026, a man named Bryon Miller has been consistently harassing young women on UNB’s Fredericton campus, screaming profanities and death wishes upon those who have chosen to get an abortion.
On January 23, 2026, Yukon-born writer Niko Stratis read excerpts from her memoir-in-essays The Dad Rock That Made Me a Woman interwoven with accompanying live songs by local musicians Steven Lambke and Vin Cacchione. The event took place at the Fredericton Public Library and was part of Shivering Songs, the annual winter festival taking place …
On Friday March 13th, 2026, the Cap partnered with SNAP! A Burlesque Revue, an annual fundraising event for animal welfare charities in New Brunswick. They dubbed this year’s iteration of SNAP! “Frislay the 13th.” From a heartbroken Ghost Face to yuri lampshades, the group curated great performances.
On March 17th 2026, over 1000 students from UNB, St. Thomas University, Mount Allison University, Université de Moncton, and NBCCD (New Brunswick College of Craft and Design) gathered at the Fredericton Legislative Assembly to protest the Holt administration’s proposed $35–50 million budget cut to post-secondary education.
In December 2025, the RCMP placed a youth allegedly involved in 764 Network attacks under a peace bond. Dr. David Hofmann, the director of criminology and criminal justice at the University of New Brunswick, explains that the 764 group is a community online of which individuals express they’re a part when they use violence and blackmail …
