New Brunswick

3 Minutes

Canada Climate and environment

Will war in Ukraine bring fracking back to New Brunswick?

PV Editor May 30, 2022

By Denis Boulet Since tensions in Ukraine came to a head in February, Western countries have aimed to punish Russia for its invasion through sanctions designed to curtail exports of its top-traded commodities. Not...

3 Minutes

Indigenous peoples

Wolastoqey Nation names NB forestry companies in title claim

PV January 11, 2022

Denis Boulet On November 30, the Wolastoqey Nation in New Brunswick filed a new version of their title claim to the Court of Queen’s Bench which included New Brunswick’s major forestry companies. The companies...

5 Minutes

Labour

Public sector workers in NB win victory over austerity

PV December 1, 2021

Unions set higher bar as Higgs’ back to work order fails to break unity and solidarity PV Atlantic Bureau On November 13, the Government of New Brunswick (GNB) and the CUPE NB Centralized Bargaining...

6 Minutes

Labour

Public sector workers poised to shut down New Brunswick in fight against austerity

PV October 14, 2021

By PV staff Across New Brunswick, public sector workers in the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) have voted by an impressive 94 percent to strike against the Conservative provincial government of Blaine Higgs....