INTRO Driving can be a difficult task on its own. Answering phone calls, loud music and navigating are added challenges to consider. But after a 20 year-old Fredericton man was killed while texting behind the wheel, the demand for changes to provincial by-laws seem all the more real. Jason Cassidy reports. VO New Brunswick is [...]
The first installment of the Beacon’s television news segment hosted by Lily Boisson.
I spent last week downtown taking in the sights and sounds of the Fredericton’s Harvest Jazz and Blues festival. This is my experience hitting the streets.
Voters looking for interactive platform information might need to explore physical mediums.
Sheriko Satellite Office Time: 1min 33sec Intro: Elections New Brunswick is trying to make it more convenient to vote in this election. They’ve set up a returning office on campus for the first time. And as Matt Sheriko reports, officials hope convenience will equal more voters… Encouraging students to get out and vote is no [...]
According to the Canadian Centre of Adolescent Research (CCAR), 18 percent of Canadian high school students drop out each year- approximately 120,000 students in total. Many return by age 20 to finish their education by completing a G.E.D. program. With an election underway in New Brunswick, students attending Fredericton High School want fellow politicians to [...]
With New Brunswick’s election day fast approaching, most political parties are campaigning as much as they can. The parties have signs throughout the city as well as ads on television. In an effort to reach the younger voters, the Liberal Party has been putting ads in school papers, such as St. Thomas’ Aquinian. “The student [...]
The People’s Alliance of New Brunswick are heading into their first election with 14 candidates, including leader Kris Austin. As Mike Sanderson reports, they want to establish an open and transparent government that consults the public on their policy, and establish a free vote system.
My problem is that I am swayed by the opinions around me. I am not passionate about politics so I honestly could not tell you who was running for what. Or who is the candidate for which party? The only reason names like Shawn Graham, David Alward, Greg Bryne etc… are remotely familiar to me is because I see their faces all over the city plastered on wooden signs. I am not ignorant; I am just not keen on politics.
Premier Shawn Graham and the Liberal government have made some large promises to New Brunswick’s 15 First Nation communities during this election campaign; promises that would affect the majority of New Brunswick citizens. On September 7, Graham traveled to the Chief Harold Sappier Memorial Elementary School on the St. Mary’s First Nation in Fredericton, where [...]
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