Acadian Lines buses will be running again in New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island, within two weeks. 92 per cent of the union members voted on Sunday, to accept Acadian Lines’ most recent offer. Acadian Lines and the Amalgamated Transit Union signed a tentative agreement last week, after a five-month-long strike. They spent four days [...]
We’d like to let everyone know who the editors of The Aquinian will be next year. Here’s the list: Meghan O’Neil - Arts Bridget Yard - Features Shane Fowler - Managing editor Cara Smith - Photo Patrick Brennan - Web Ian LeBlanc - Layout Whitney Neilson - News Matt Tidcombe - Sports Liam McGuire – Editor-in-chief The new staff will start their jobs [...]
Continue reading …St. Thomas University students’ union appellate board has unofficially rejected appeals by both Elizabeth Strange and Frank Jr. Molley. The results will be official once the board sends out emails to the appellants. Decisions of the board are final. Strange, a candidate for vice-president education, did not want to comment immediately after the decision. “I’m [...]
Continue reading …Elizabeth Strange is appealing the results of the St. Thomas University students’ union election and wants a by-election. She was a candidate for vice-president education during the vote on Tuesday and Wednesday last week. Strange said Alex Driscoll, who defeated her by 99 votes or almost 18 per cent, was standing near polling stations “excessively.” [...]
Continue reading …The election results, where only 23.7 per cent of students voted, as announced by STUSU chief returning officer Sarah Bulman at the Social Club are as follows: President of the Students’ Union Emily Sheen 251 votes John Hoben 275 votes Vice President Administration Megan Aiken 256 Thomas Findlay Mckay-Boyce 284 Vice President Education Alex Driscoll [...]
Continue reading …John Hoben, a third year international relations major from Saint John, N.B. has been elected as the next St. Thomas University students’ union president. Hoben defeated Emily Sheen. Before the election Hoben served as an off-campus representative. During the campaign he said wanted STUSU to remain a member of the Canadian Alliance of Student Associations, [...]
Continue reading …The race for the top job is down to two candidates. Robb Larmer, a third-year political science and human rights student, decided to drop out of the race to become president of the St. Thomas University students’ union. “I felt that I wasn’t the most qualified candidate. I have no experience with this. Both of [...]
Continue reading …Keeping students engaged in STUSU elections is always a challenge. So this year, to facilitate discussion, why don’t you contact the candidates themselves? Here’s a handy list of contact info. If we’ve forgotten anything just let us know in the comment section, and we’ll add it as soon as possible. President Emily Sheen: Facebook page, [...]
Continue reading …Frank Jr. Molley’s name won’t be on the ballot next week when St. Thomas University students vote in the students’ union election. Molley was running for president but missed a mandatory candidates meeting. “It was my fault,” he said Tuesday. Molley said he was working cleaning floors at a store in Oromocto from 11 p.m. [...]
Continue reading …Two candidates’ names in the St. Thomas University students’ union election won’t be on the ballot come election day. After missing a required all-candidates meeting on Monday morning at 9 a.m., chief returning officer Sarah Bulman disqualified Ryan Smith and Frank Jr. Molley. Molley was running for president and Smith was running for a board [...]
Continue reading …The body of a woman discovered along the banks of the St. John River on Sunday belongs to a local missing woman. Police identified the body as that of 41-year-old Elisabeth (Beth) Ruth Fellows. She was last seen on Jan. 25 on video surveillance at the Devon Plaza. Police cordoned off an area behind the [...]
Continue reading …Police have found an adult woman’s body on the Northside of Fredericton. A piece of land near the St. John River, behind a condominium complex and the Devon Plaza on Union Street was cordoned off by police on Sunday. Cst. Rick Mooney of the Fredericton Police Force said a citizen found the body Sunday while [...]
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