Common Front for Social Justice: Changes to social assistance step in right direction but not enough
Moncton - The new direction given by Honorable Madeleine Dubé to the social assistance program in this province is a ...
Tag: poverty
Let’s get really frank about philanthropy and homelessness
For weeks, the buzz had been building in the capital city about Frank McKenna coming to town to speak at ...
What if natives stop subsidizing Canada?
Montreal - There is a prevailing myth that Canada's more than 600 First Nations and native communities live off of ...
NB MPs need to support the unemployed
An Open Letter to Conservative MPs in NB, Mike Allen, Keith Ashfield, Bernard Valcourt, Rob Moore, Tilley O’Neill-Gordon, Robert Goguen, ...
Pay Equity — It Starts With You!
This is an article that should not have to be written, about a fund-raising campaign that should not have to ...
Artist challenges perceptions of rats
Fredericton-based artist Janice Wright Cheney pursues discomfort, delighting in creatures usually considered repulsive, including maggots, beetles, and fleas. In her ...
The roots of hunger: why food bank use is up in Atlantic Canada
Food Banks Canada released its latest statistics on national food bank usage this week. The data are assembled in a ...
Food bank use in New Brunswick continues to rise
Food Banks Canada has released their annual report, Hunger Counts, and New Brunswick has experienced once again an increase in ...
Disaster relief for Fredericton’s Carleton Street fire victims
In the early hours of Thanksgiving Sunday, a fire destroyed a 26 bedroom rooming house and restaurant in downtown Fredericton. ...
Labour Day reminder: Harper’s EI changes hit immigrants hardest
For more than 130 years, workers have celebrated Labour Day in Canada to recognize the hard fought struggles that women ...
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