When Ayat Abu Hantash moved to Canada from Jordan four years ago to study journalism at St. Thomas University, she was ecstatic at the thought of experiencing a culture where she would be considered equal to those around her. She couldn’t wait to experience all the human rights and freedoms we enjoy here. She never [...]
The Conservation Council of New Brunswick will put bumblebees in the spotlight this Earth Day. On Thursday — Earth Day – CCNB will hold a seed bomb party as part of their Backyard Bee Box Project. The seed bomb party is an initiative to help bring back New Brunswick’s native bee, the bumblebee. “Research that’s [...]
The blogosphere just got a lot more interesting, thanks to one gossipy shelter cat. Hissy Elliott, a three-year-old feline living at the Oromocto SPCA since last May, started a blog last week to chat about shelter activities and the goings on in her life and the lives of her shelter pals. “There’s usually always something [...]
I am a fourth-year journalism student at St. Thomas University. I am interested in print and radio, and I am a freelance reporter with the Daily Gleaner in Fredericton.
On a chilly February morning, thousands of Cape Bretoners bent down to peel the Saturday newspaper off their icy front steps. Frigid temperatures sent them sprinting back inside for warmth. Very few –maybe none – expected to face the most graphic image they’d ever seen on the front page of their newspaper: a dead dog [...]
Chris Andrews slouches on a chair with his eyes rolling back in his head. He’s limp and has never felt so relaxed. Three-hundred milligrams of OxyContin would do that to the best of us. A cigarette dangles from his lips. The ashes gather on his t-shirt. It hurts to keep his eyes open but he [...]
The principal at Fredericton’s newest middle school said students are a lot safer now, thanks to a new speed radar sign installed near the school zone. Bliss Carman Middle School Principal Peter Steeves said the new speed radar sign installed in his school zone is making a big difference. “It has slowed the traffic down, and you [...]
When Cynthia Charron’s 18-year-old daughter was seriously injured in a car crash three weeks ago, she couldn’t have anticipated the level of support her family was about to receive. “People have been so good, sending emails, checking in, saying prayers,” Cynthia said. “We have prayers being said from Australia. We have prayers being said from [...]
The St. George Food Bank may soon have to close its doors because of lack of government funding. For the past two years, the food bank has been pleading with the government to provide more funding to keep its doors open. Laura Lee Carrier, the food bank’s executive director, said the food bank needs money [...]
As Janet DeMello describes her 18-month battle with breast cancer, tears slowly escape her eyes. “I finished treatments about four weeks ago,” she said as she and a group of women squeezed together under a couple of umbrellas. “It’s been a long journey but we’re coming to the end of it now and now I’m [...]
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