Devanne O’Brien - The Xaverian Weekly -
ANTIGONISH, N.S. (CUP) — The St. Francis Xavier Association of University Teachers voted to accept the their administration’s most recent contract offer, quashing the worries of 4,000 students who might have had to deal with a strike or lockout at the end of the winter semester.
Over sixty per cent of [...]

Karissa Donkin – The Aquinian
Deal violates UN declaration: First Nations Council
The First Nations community in New Brunswick is voicing its opposition to the proposed sale of NB Power to Hydro-Québec.
The Wolastoqewiyik Traditional Council of Tobic states that the deal is “illegal” because it violates articles in the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of [...]

Matt McCann – The Aquinian
About 70 people suffered through a chilly -17C afternoon Saturday to demonstrate their opposition to Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s recent proroguing of parliament.
The gathering, one of 50 protests across Canada, saw protestors dressed in thick coats, toques and gloves, carrying signs asking citizens to “stand up for Canada,” or urging [...]

Megan MacKay – The Aquinian
Nearly 1,000 turn out to voice concern over possible sale of utility
Upwards of a thousand demonstrators braved the cold to stand in front of the legislature and express their anger with the sale of NB Power to Hydro Quebec last week.
The deafening cry of “It’s our power, keep it in New [...]

Jamie Ross – The Aquinian
Liberal arts a tough sell in the world of “Corporate-U”
When Michael Higgins officially steps down as St. Thomas University president and vice-chancellor in January he will leave his successor with a daunting task: leading a liberal arts institution in a world where the value of post secondary education is measured by [...]

Swine flu effects severe in the young and healthy
Lily Boisson – The Aquinian
If you think the flu is only dangerous to the sick and the elderly, H1N1 might force you to reconsider.
Recent information about the swine flu suggests the virus is more likely to be severe in relatively healthy young people.
As the country’s largest immunization [...]

Bailey White - The Aquinian
Satellite campus for St. Thomas in the works, says MP

St. Thomas University president Michael Higgins didn’t expect to see Member of Parliament Tilley O’Neill-Gordon’s name in provincial papers last weekend.
“I was unhappy. And surprised,” Higgins said.
O’Neill-Gordon told reporters a project that would bring a STU campus to Miramichi was “almost confirmed” and [...]

Alyssa Mosher – The Aquinian

Riders concerned new location is too far away
An avid rider of Acadian Lines buses, second-year student Shane Magee of rural Nova Scotia says the Fredericton bus station’s temporary move is “just way too short of notice” for him.
Effective Oct. 1, Acadian Lines will be temporarily moving from its current downtown [...]

Kerri Breen – The Muse (Memorial University of Newfoundland)
Jack Harris asks federal government to make post-secondary a priority
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. (CUP) – A Newfoundland politician is calling on the federal government to follow his province’s lead and remove the interest on student loans nationally.
Jack Harris, the NDP MP for St. John’s East, announced that he [...]

The Aquinian
Fredericton leads the way in sales
Liquor might be giving a new lease on life to a downtown Fredericton landmark.
Fredericton-Silverwood MLA Rick Miles told local media last week that NB Liquor has negotiated  a deal to rent space inside the historic York Street train station (owned by JDI Irving Ltd.).
An official announcement is expected this [...]