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TODAY: Join us for the Fredericton launch of Patty Krawec’s new book, Bad Indians Book Club (Goose Lane), in conversation with Sonia Aviles, an organizer with Migrant Workers Alliance for Change.

5:30 p.m. at the Gallery on Queen, 406 Queen St., Fredericton

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November 26, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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Baraa, 23, faces a dilemma: Canadian authorities won’t issue him a study permit until he submits biometrics — fingerprints and photographs — but to do so he must leave the Gaza Strip, which is virtually impossible without already holding a travel visa.
Student accepted into UNB grad program stranded in Gaza awaiting Canadian study permit
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November 26, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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Student accepted into UNB grad program stranded in Gaza awaiting Canadian study permit [video]

Advocates say Ottawa lacks the political will to evacuate more than 130 Palestinian students from Gaza following their admission to universities across Canada

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Student accepted into UNB grad program stranded in Gaza awaiting Canadian study permit [video]
It was a "dream come true" for Baraa, 23, when he learned that he'd been accepted into the Master of
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November 26, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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Student accepted into UNB grad program stranded in Gaza awaiting Canadian study permit [video]

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Student accepted into UNB grad program stranded in Gaza awaiting Canadian study permit [video]
It was a "dream come true" for Baraa, 23, when he learned that he'd been accepted into the Master of
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November 26, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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Packed meeting hears objections to proposed gas plant and a suggestion from Tantramar mayor on how it may be stopped

Report by Bruce Wark
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Packed meeting hears objections to proposed gas plant and a suggestion from Tantramar mayor on how it may be stopped
About 130 people attended a public information session at the Sackville United Church on Sunday to hear about opposition to
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November 25, 2025 at 11:23 PM
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Green leader links Centre Village gas/diesel plant to Lorneville data centre

Report by Bruce Wark
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Green leader links Centre Village gas/diesel plant to Lorneville data centre
New Brunswick’s Green Party leader says he’s convinced there’s a direct link between the proposed 500 MW gas/diesel plant near
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November 25, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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This video features the National Farmers Union keynote talk in Moncton by Charlie Angus and Brit Griffin, who spoke about their decades-long relationship and their experiences in social justice movements.

It also includes interviews with NFU president Jenn Pfenning and other convention-goers.
'Never give up supply management': Farmers talk food sovereignty, tariffs and authoritarianism
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November 24, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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‘Never give up supply management’: Farmers talk food sovereignty, tariffs and authoritarianism [video]

Charlie Angus and Brit Griffin were keynote speakers at National Farmers Union convention in Moncton

Report by @davidgordonkoch.bsky.social

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‘Never give up supply management’: Farmers talk food sovereignty, tariffs and authoritarianism [video]
Members of the National Farmers Union met in Moncton this week for a three-day convention focussed on themes of Canadian
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November 24, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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Rizek Abdel Jawad is a photojournalist based in Gaza City. He is part of the Connecting Gaza initiative, which helps families in Gaza survive. You can support them by going to www.connectinggaza.org/donate.
November 24, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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First-ever amputee football league kicks off in Gaza Strip

'Championship of Hope' meant to revive sports activity and boost morale

Photo essay by Rizek Abdel Jawad
Photos: First-ever amputee football league kicks off in Gaza Strip
Editor's note: Rizek Abdel Jawad, a photojournalist from Gaza City whose work was previously featured in these pages, has contributed
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November 24, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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NB Power continues to cut people’s electricity during deep freezes

Advocates for the vulnerable say the Liberal government should immediately ban practice of winter disconnections

Report by John Chilibeck
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NB Power continues to cut people’s electricity during deep freezes
In the same month that NB Power faced its biggest demand for electricity on record – the brutally cold 28
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November 21, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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Projects of national interest: wrong approach, wrong objective

Commentary by Jamie Kneen
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Projects of national interest: wrong approach, wrong objective
The Carney government has doubled down on its extractivist agenda with the announcement of a second round of designated “projects of national
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November 21, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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Addressing the legal system as an obstacle to successful social struggle

Commentary by Charles Posa McFadden
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Addressing the legal system as an obstacle to successful social struggle
The excellent informative articles most recently published by NB Media Co-op in the wake of the recent social forum prompted
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November 21, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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Excellent local media coverage of our recent speaker event featuring the Canada Research Chair in Postindustrial Communities, Lachlan MacKinnon.
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Film as historical memory: a coal mining thriller

Lachlan MacKinnon's research views the 1981 slasher film My Bloody Valentine as "Cinematic Ruin," reflecting the industrial crisis and economic transition in Cape Breton's coal communities between 1979-1990.
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Film as historical memory: a coal mining thriller
A gory film made 40 years ago points to characteristics of post-industrial Cape Breton. University of New Brunswick alumnus, Lachlan
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November 18, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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Mount Allison students raise climate & health concerns over proposed Tantramar gas plant. Research, lived experience, and community voices highlight the stakes of energy choices for the future.

Report by Bruce Wark
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Mount Allison students point to potential climate and health effects of proposed Tantramar gas plant
The booming voice of an American news anchor echoed inside the Mount Allison University Chapel on Sunday as fifth year
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November 20, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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Mi’kmaq senator pushing for end to ‘second-generation cut-off’ gains traction, but feds signal opposition

Changes 'vital to the survival of First Nations': Sen. Paul Prosper

Report by Lisha Francis and
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Mi’kmaq senator pushing for end to ‘second-generation cut-off’ gains traction, but feds signal opposition
A Mi'kmaq senator is pushing for legislative changes that would eliminate the second-generation cut-off from the Indian Act. It's a
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November 19, 2025 at 11:57 PM
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Interview with Anita Joseph, winner of the New Brunswick Human Rights award
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Interview with Anita Joseph, winner of the New Brunswick Human Rights award
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November 18, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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Anita Joseph of Elsipogtog First Nation was recently awarded the 2025 New Brunswick Human Rights Award. NB Media Co-op volunteer Anna-Leah Simon caught up with the respected Elder for an interview on Friday.
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Interview with Anita Joseph, winner of the New Brunswick Human Rights award [video]
Anita Joseph of Elsipogtog First Nation was recently awarded the 2025 New Brunswick Human Rights Award. NB Media Co-op volunteer Anna-Leah
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November 18, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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Film as historical memory: a coal mining thriller

Lachlan MacKinnon's research views the 1981 slasher film My Bloody Valentine as "Cinematic Ruin," reflecting the industrial crisis and economic transition in Cape Breton's coal communities between 1979-1990.
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Film as historical memory: a coal mining thriller
A gory film made 40 years ago points to characteristics of post-industrial Cape Breton. University of New Brunswick alumnus, Lachlan
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November 18, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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Remembering labour leader and activist Bill

Former 1st national VP for postal workers' union was from Campbellton
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Remembering labour leader and activist Bill Chedore
It is with deep sadness that I must convey the news of the passing of Bill Chedore, former 1st National
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November 17, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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Premier Holt speaks to reporters after feds add Sisson mine to list of 'nation-building projects'
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Premier Holt speaks to reporters after feds add Sisson mine to list of 'nation-building projects'
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November 14, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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Holt says uptick in Sisson mine development expected by spring [video]

Feds designate controversial open-pit tungsten and molybdenum as 'nation-building project'

Report by @davidgordonkoch.bsky.social
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Holt says uptick in Sisson mine development expected by spring [video]
New Brunswick Premier Susan Holt says that an uptick of development activity is expected at the site of the proposed
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November 14, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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NDP leadership hopeful submits official bid, challenging 'undemocratic' vetting process
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NDP leadership hopeful submits official bid, challenging 'undemocratic' vetting process
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November 12, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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NDP leadership hopeful submits official bid, challenging ‘undemocratic’ vetting process [video]

Author and activist Yves Engler toured New Brunswick as part of 'long-shot campaign' to push New Democrats leftward

Report by @davidgordonkoch.bsky.social
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NDP leadership hopeful submits official bid, challenging ‘undemocratic’ vetting process [video]
Yves Engler, a self-described ecosocialist and anti-imperialist who is running for the leadership of the federal NDP, officially submitted his
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November 12, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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Fears over the proposed 500 MW gas/diesel plant on the Chignecto Isthmus dominated a Tantramar community meeting Thursday in Upper Sackville, a location that is only a few kilometres away from where the American company PROENERGY has been clearing an access road.

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Gas plant concerns dominate community meeting in Upper Sackville
Fears and concerns about the proposed 500 MW gas/diesel plant on the Chignecto Isthmus dominated a community feedback session that
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November 10, 2025 at 1:39 PM