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<p>Jesse Brown has broken many of the big Canadian media stories of the past year, including former Q host Jian Ghomeshi’s alleged sexual misconduct. Now, his Canadaland podcast has cast its nets in New Brunswick waters. On Sunday, the site reported that three senior editors at Brunswick News Inc. (BNI), the Irving-owned newspaper chain, are being investigated [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Coin-operated condom machines have mostly gone the way of the dodo, but it&#8217;s not because young adults are practicing safer sex. This is why AIDS organizations in Fredericton, Saint John and Moncton are supplying condoms to bars across New Brunswick, free of charge. The FreeDomes pilot project, which includes the dispensers and information accessible through [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The St. Thomas University staff and administrative union has ratified their first collective agreement after members voted last night. “Our members have been determined from day one, and that day goes as far back as 2010,” said staff union president Jennifer Burry in a press release. The staff union had been in negotiations with the [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The uproar over the UNB law school dean has potential applicants from St. Thomas students weighing their options. Jeremy Levitt, who only began his tenure as dean in September, has been on a leave of absence since January. Three female law professors have taken leave since September, leading to scheduling and class cancellations. As well, [&hellip;]</p>

<p>While it may be unfair to have taxpayers pay for partisan advertising, there is very little keeping the Canadian government from doing just that. “No government we have ever had at any level in Canada has a more sophisticated communications, or I would call it propaganda, strategy than the current one in Ottawa,” St. Thomas [&hellip;]</p>

<p>When Halley Phillips went to pay tuition this semester, she was shocked. The fourth-year St. Thomas University student was getting money back. As an international student from Hartland, Maine, Phillips is charged more than $13,000 a year for tuition at STU compared to Canadian students who pay $5,552. But the exchange rate was in her favour [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Chatham Hall House Committee held its first meeting of the year Jan. 31, with a mostly-new council, including new president Simon Greenough. For the first time in a while, there was no elephant in the room. It was well-known the house committee was struggling. Seven positions needed to be filled after the impeachment of previous [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The Clubs and Societies Fair at St. Thomas had a few new tables this year. One of them was the STU Muslim Women’s Group, founded by third year student Sarah Crowell, a recent Muslim convert. “When I converted to Islam I realized… no one knew each other,” said Crowell. “Everybody is isolated from each other, kind of [&hellip;]</p>

<p>A faculty code of conduct is in the works for St. Thomas University Students’ Union. Sam Titus, vice president education of STUSU, announced at a Jan. 30 council meeting that he would begin developing a code for the union to reference should any student-professor altercations arise. “It’s self-evidently valuable, in our opinion. If ever something [&hellip;]</p>

<p>St. Thomas University may have another international exchange opportunity next school year. STU is looking to finalize an exchange program with Middle Eastern Technical University, a top-ranked university in Ankara, Turkey. This exchange will add to the 10 existing programs in places like Australia, Argentina, Chile, Japan, Korea, Sweden and Texas, along with a study [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Alex Solak decided to donate directly to the Canadian Mental Health Association and call out Bell Canada during #BellLetsTalk last week. “My problem was not with what the campaign was trying to do but with Bell plastering their name throughout the whole thing.” After donating to CMHA, the STU alumnus tweeted hashtags like #BellWeNeedtoTalk, #BellCanIHaveYoNumber? [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The Liberal government’s Youth Employment Fund will begin taking applications in February. The fund will find 1,500 six-month job placements for anyone ages 18 to 29 with the possibility of two months of training. Premier Brian Gallant said at the State of the Province address last Wednesday that the fund will help students straight out [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The #MakeFrederictonFirst campaign ended its push to be the first community granted a Light Armoured Vehicle III memorial, drawing more than 200 soldiers, veterans and civilians to a gala at the Regent Mall Cineplex Thursday night. The memorials will be the first in Canada made of decommissioned Afghanistan War equipment. André Pelletier was one of a [&hellip;]</p>

<p>A lot happens behind the scenes in Fredericton to prepare for winter storms like last Tuesday’s, which dumped close to 30 centimetres of snow on the region. This is especially true for NB Power, who worked to restore power for close to 200 customers in the Fredericton area and around 1,800 customers across the province [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The St. Thomas staff and administrative union will not strike. The administration and union reached a tentative collective agreement over the weekend that was drafted by the mediator, said union president Jennifer Burry. “It is a positive step,” said Burry. “We are very happy no job action had to be taken on either side.” The [&hellip;]</p>

<p>People are raising their voices now more than ever, says St. Thomas University&#8217;s visiting scholar Besim Can Zirh of Turkey. Given the militarization of police, he sees no end in sight to blood shed in the name of equality. His lecture Wednesday night at STU focused on the Gezi protests of 2013 in Turkey, which [&hellip;]</p>

<p>St. Thomas University administration created a new position with the hire of Kimberley Webb, student retention and engagement coordinator. The UNB alumna grew up in Fredericton and has been back in town for two weeks. Her position is a ten-month term funded by the New Brunswick department of post-secondary education, training and labour. The school has hired [&hellip;]</p>

<p>For the next two weeks, St. Thomas University will host Dr. Besim Can Zırh, a scholar with the Global International Studies visiting scholar program. Can Zırh is an assistant professor of sociology at the Middle East Technical University in Ankara, Turkey, the alma mater of STU professor Gül Çalışkan. Çalışkan thinks there should be an [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Fredericton residents looking for a family doctor are in luck. A new practice has opened up on Brunswick Street and is now accepting patients. Clinic 554 is hardly a week old and has received plenty of media attention. The clinic is located in the building that was previously known as the Morgentaler clinic, and offers [&hellip;]</p>

<p>&#8211;Interview coming with one of last year&#8217;s winners tmo &#8212; The call is out for abstracts for St. Thomas University&#8217;s unique Student Research and Ideas Fair, due Feb. 6. &#8220;Research within social sciences can take on a variety of forms,&#8221; said Kim Fenwick, dean of social sciences and event organizer.  &#8220;Some of it&#8217;s more traditional [&hellip;]</p>