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Cracking local eggs: a Fredericton woman’s appetite for change.

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Why did the chicken cross into the city? A Fredericton woman wants to change city bylaws preventing locals from raising hens.

NB steering clear of phones behind the wheel

A number of accidents have occurred in New Brunswick that involved distracted drivers either texting, emailing or talking on their cell phones. - Photo by Crystal Cline/NB Beacon

New Brunswick has a New Year’s resolution in form of legislation which will help improve highway safety. As of 2011, it will be illegal to use a cell phone, entertainment device or navigational system while behind the wheel.

Tara Chislett, 4th Year

Serious Business? Apparently. (Pat Richard/NBBeacon.ca)

I’m Tara. These are the only things you need to know about me: 1)I hate writing about myself. I’m really bad at it. Can you tell? 2) I would be lying if I said I knew I wanted to be a reporter my whole life. I went through phases where I wanted to be a [...]

Vanessa Trindade, 4th Year

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I am a fourth year journalism student at St. Thomas University. When I’m not a student in class; I’m the Activities Coordinator for the St. Thomas Student Union, a Dance Instructor for the UNB Dance Studio, the Public Relations Representative for the UNB Dance team, and a member of the Dance team.  I’m looking forward [...]

Controversial inquiry: NB abortion policy to be reviewed

The Dr. Morgentaler Clinic sits on the corner of Brunswick street in Fredericton. This clinic has been performing private abortions since 1994. - Photo by Crystal Cline/NB Beacon

The New Brunswick abortion policy is set to be reviewed by The Human Rights Commission. A complaint was filed under the Human Rights Act stating that the Medical Services Payment Act discriminates against women who have to pay for private clinic abortions. New Brunswick has some of the most restrictive abortion policies in the country. [...]

NB ‘Linked for Literacy’

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  More than 50 high schools students from around the province gathered at St. Thomas University to kick off the ‘Linked for Literacy’ outreach program.  Beginning in January 2011, high school students will lead weekly, student-based reading groups for middle school students. The material for the course is almost entirely available online which coordinator Jenny [...]

Remembrance Day: copy

Remembrance Day Start 0:00 {sound up, Bagpipes} Intro (0:7-0:14 sec) VO: Members of the community descended upon the cenotaph in Veterans Park this past Thursday to commerate remembrance day. As wreaths were laid infornt of the cenotaph to honor fallen soldiers. Streeter(0:19- 0:37)Well it certainly means a lot to me my father is 90 and [...]

Transcript- CCAA X-Country Nationals

Hundreds of X-Country runners descended on Fredericton’s ODell park on Nov. 13 for the CCAA’s national championships. The weekend-long event was put on by St. Thomas University this year. They played host to almost 300 runners from more than 30 schools across Canada. The women were the first to run the route through the park, [...]

CCAA X-Country Nationals

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Fredericton’s O’Dell Park hosted the CCAA National Cross Country Championships on Nov. 13. It was an exciting afternoon as the women’s race ended in a sprint for the finish, and the men’s race brought a new course record, Alex Solak reports. Read transcript here

The trampled truth: Disney movie’s portrayal of New Brunswick legend falls short

The real life Ron Turcotte aboard the infamous Secretariat

Way back in October of this year, Disney released a movie that portrayed an Acadian from New Brunswick. Secretariat, which tells the story of the world’s most famous race horse (although there is a strong focus on Secretariat’s owner, Penny Chenery), features a characterization of jockey Ron Turcotte, from Grand Falls, New Brunswick. Seeing a [...]

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