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By: Emu Devine  Within the last several years throughout the western world, there has been a noticeable uptick in polyamorous or otherwise non-monogamous relationships. Anecdotal observations of polyamory’s rising popularity are increasingly commonplace, and these kinds of relationships are more accepted than ever before. Yet is that the only factor responsible for its growth? Cultural …

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February 13 — 16, 2025 — Crabbe Mountain in Central Hainesville, New Brunswick, hosts some of the world's top alpine athletes as Ski NB and Crabbe Mountain present the International Giant Slalom, along with the Men's and Women's Slalom races.  Giant Slalom Races: February 13 – 14, 2025 Slalom Races: February 15 – 16, 2025 …

The 27th annual Dr. Abdul Lohdi lecture took place at St. Thomas University at 7 p.m. on February 4, 2025. Delivered by public intellectual, novelist, and historian Tariq Ali, the event commanded a full house. The event utilized STU’s resources to fulfill Dr. Lohdi’s vision toward racial tolerance, broadens students’ horizons, and fosters understanding between …

Joel Rumson  Fredericton, New Brunswick, 22 of January, 2025 — Resolve, an applied game design research group at UNB, releases their new game, Project AUDE: The UNB History Card Game. The game is set in the near future, when disaster strikes the University of New Brunswick’s Archives; a large fire has swept the campus destroying …

Mr. Super Dude, formerly known as award-winning rapper Brockway Biggs, is revolutionizing the kindie (kids’ indie) music scene with his dynamic and engaging sound. Drawing from his extensive background in hip-hop, Mr. Super Dude creates energetic beats and clever, catchy lyrics that captivate both children and adults. Inspired by his transition to parenthood, he seamlessly …

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: Daniel S. Burton Charles M. Schulz’s A Charlie Brown Christmas is beloved worldwide by children and adults alike. The question is: why? The studio, in fact, nearly cancelled the film in fear of its melancholic tone, amateur voice acting, and use of religious allusion. As it turns out, the film’s melancholy through children is …

By Crystal Keyamo The prospect of future Christmases without the scent of fresh-cut fir in New Brunswick, a tree species expected to decline and take some festive cheer with it, casts a pall on the holiday season. An iconic tree, comprising around 20 percent of this province's forests, balsam fir has faced alarming mortality rates …