Nicholas Hussey, born in 1992, is a Fredericton-based multimedia director who coordinates commercial and nonprofit productions for clients across Canada and overseas while living with ALS. (Credit: Suzanne Shah/AQ) Nicholas Hussey was not meant to be an artist but a soldier. Hussey joined the Canadian Armed Forces in 2012 when he was 19. He left after being injured and later being diagnosed with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), changing the course of his life. ALS is a pr

Mohammed Ali Akhtar waits at a slippery Fredericton bus stop as winter conditions slow public transit across the city. (Suzanne Shah/AQ) Winter has long shaped life in New Brunswick, but for students without access to a car, the season increasingly dictates how their days are planned. Those concerns intensified after a Fredericton Transit bus slid into a ditch on Hilton Road last December during icy conditions. “I used to catch [a bus] but now … I’d be late, so I have to go o