Last week, every cab company in Fredericton upped their fare price. With record-high gas prices, companies said there was no way out. Most fares went up to $1, and for some distances the increase was less. For ABC Taxi, the minimum fare for short distances was $5.50. Now it is $6. Mike Bacon, owner [...]
New Brunswick is at the top of a list you don’t want to be on. The province is home to two of the top three cities with the highest rates of reported sexual assaults in Canada. A study by McLean’s Magazine in 2010 found that Saint John was the city with the highest rates, while [...]
There hasn’t been much in the news about the municipal elections so far. But now that the nominations for all ridings have become official, the Daily Gleaner and other local news sources like Fred FM should be amping up coverage. This year there’s a new candidate in the mayoral elections. Matthew Hayes has big ideas [...]
“Finding your balance is a lifetime high wire journey.” Sheree Fitch, poet and author, is no stranger to the high wire. She wrote those words in her late twenties, while finding her balance between parenting and studying, childhood and adulthood, serious and nonsense, joy and sorrow. Now, at 55, Fitch is a best-selling author, educator [...]
*Warning: story contains some graphic detail Fredrick Wangabo Mwenengabo is getting weaker. He feels a pain in his body, his teeth, and his head. His hands shake when he speaks. A half empty bottle of water stands beside him. It barely ever touches his dry lips. When he laughs, the pain in his ribs makes [...]
NGO’s or non-governmental organizations are often subject to stereotypes. However these stereotypes are not the usual negative and pessimistic projections of the individuals behind the organizations. We often think of the people who run NGOs as those who have the luxury and time to work for little or no pay and indulge in philanthropic work [...]
In the course of a year, one hour doesn’t amount to much more than the blink of an eye. That hour could be used to cook a meal, watch your favourite TV show, beat the level of that video game that’s been hounding you, or read a book. Yesterday, cities across the world encouraged [...]
Concussions have become a major issue at all levels of hockey, from minor hockey all the way up to the National Hockey League. More and more players are being treated for concussions than ever before. For one St. Thomas athlete concussions have taken away a sport he loves and has changed his life forever. Chris Morehouse has the [...]
A special edition of the Files, hosted by Makedonia Koutsoumpeli.
A St. Thomas University professor is switching the classroom for city hall. In an exclusive interview with the NB Beacon, Matthew Hayes said “I want to help build a city where young people want to live, where families want to raise children, where seniors can walk to the store to buy toothpaste or a [...]
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