Long-term exposure to the industrial pollutant sulfur dioxide is "significantly associated" to the neurological disease ALS in New Brunswick, according to new research published in the peer-reviewed journal Environmental Research. ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, causes a loss of muscle control that worsens...

I was among the hundreds of people who gathered at the Social Forum in Wolastokuk on Oct. 4 and 5. The event brought together community groups, activists and members of the public with a common commitment to social justice. The Social Forum opened with Wolastoq...

The Department of Natural Resources has released a 20-page report meant to serve as a framework for a "comprehensive minerals strategy" in New Brunswick. The document was released Monday morning during a mining and petroleum industry conference in Fredericton. New Brunswick's Liberal government has touted...

The judges at New Brunswick's highest court are wrestling with how to award costs in the first part of a massive and complex litigation that has entangled the province's biggest landowners. The New Brunswick Court of Appeal heard arguments Tuesday from three timber firms that...

With the inclusion of these two contradicting paragraphs in New Brunswick's Speech from the Throne, Premier Susan Holt has devastated all hope that she has the economic smarts or environmental sensitivity required in these difficult times. "Preserving New Brunswick’s natural resources and ensuring a healthy...

The Chief of Fort William First Nation says history tells her to be skeptical about the safety of storing high-level nuclear waste in Northwestern Ontario. “Our people, we have heard countless times — over and over and over again, for hundreds of years — how...

Plans for affordable housing construction announced in this week's Speech from the Throne won't be enough to make a serious dent in New Brunswick's subsidized housing waitlist, according to a researcher at the University of New Brunswick. The province plans to add "a total of...

At the Social Forum in Wolastokuk, one of the founders of the Demand the Stars Collective, Goose, spoke of the group’s activism, giving “basically a history of street activism” around queer issues between 2023 and 2025. The Demand the Stars Collective “fights against fascism and...