Jody Nabuurs – Um, well I’m not really sure and I think that’s normal so I’m not really worried about. I have a summer internship with a newspaper um, and from there I can apply for a one year internship, whether I will or not remains to be seen. Um, but I have no idea, [...]
So initially this piece was supposed to be a news story about the graduating class of 2010 and the 100th convocation at St. Thomas University. But, while thinking about it last night, lying in bed, my long-suffering husband snoring gently beside me, I thought to hell with that! This story is about ME! I’m the [...]
I was twenty-seven years old when I attempted suicide. I didn’t resist, I just let it happen, I didn’t want to kill myself, I don’t think anybody ever truly does, but it seemed like the only way out. On January 27th, 2009, a lifelong friend of mine ah killed himself. Those were just three people whose [...]
How can we produce graphic stories about war, murder, earthquakes and other catastrophic events but we can’t report the news about a lost soul choosing to end his own life?
Not a word was said as the three girls entered the room carrying six humongous pizzas between them. Still, silence prevailed as the dozen or so hungry students helped themselves to the free offerings. Did the cat have their tongues? No, but the cause did. Wednesday marked the second annual Day of Silence as St. [...]
As kids my sister and I had a favourite story book with the poem Twas the night before Christmas. Every year we would turn the colourful pages embossed with red velvet while Mom or Dad read the story. My sister inherited the old story book when her son was a baby. Last Christmas was an [...]
When Ron’s youngest daughter Taffara brought Savannah into the world a great many things changed in our lives. In 2008 we were blessed to have our first Christmas with her. A new baby gave rise to a new tradition in the family, one I brought from my past. The Murray family share their new Christmas [...]
“Well it started actually in September 2008, I believe, yeah, 2008. We’d all known that there was a media monopoly in New Brunswick, or a near monopoly. We’d all known it for a long time but in September 2008 we had a, we call it the New Brunswick Social Forum which was basically a weekend [...]
Stop the presses! There’s a new kid in town. Well really, it’s a new media source for New Brunswick. The Brief is a one-page, double-sided publication printed on 30 per cent recycled paper. On average it contains five or six stories and a list of community events. Oh, and it’s a monthly publication with stories [...]
“I am a supporter of the idea that anyone can run a newspaper and shouldn’t be prevented from running any number of newspapers in any market they choose and the Irvings have taken advantage of that, it’s a fundamental freedom of Canada, there’s nothing wrong with that. But the problem is diversity. I don’t think [...]
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