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University warns of bear on campus

Today, around 3:30pm, the university notified students that a bear cub was spotted on campus last night. The Department of Natural Resources has been notified. The email that was sent out reminds students to keep the campus clean of food and garbage so that wildlife isn’t attracted.  It also says: “If you do meet up [...]

An Aboriginal Lieutenant-Governor

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Today I would like to talk about a few things: Graydon Nicholas, a Maliseet from the Tobique reserve who is set to succeed Herménégilde Chiasson as Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick. The second is a bad transition into the sticky topic of Natives and the law. After visiting Harper’s website I learned that Nicholas was at [...]

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First day blues

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First day of classes kicked my ass. Starting the school year with a 9 a.m. class was a mistake. I live on Smythe, so the 20-minute walk (I forgot my student ID when I moved up, and had to drop $10 for a new one this afternoon) to school swiftly chopped my eager learning mood. [...]

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Fire Water in an epidemic

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So, A few weeks back there was a piece on the news (APTN National News – which from now on is what I mean when I say ‘news’) about a reserve in Manitoba that had an outbreak of H1N1. In fact, there was an H1N1 threat to many Northwestern reservations. First Nations national Chief Shawn [...]

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Hello, I love you

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Hello, I love you An open letter to the owner of this car: I don’t know who you are, but I love you. We could have a spring wedding, and drive this rainbow vehicle of love across the continent, spreading smiles and joy to all we meet. We could set up a helium tank in [...]

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No Olympics on stolen Native land

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Greetings readers. Today I am sitting at my laptop after a walk around town. I hadn’t taken much notice of posters around the city, usually none of them spark my interest, until today. On my walk to the grocery store I noticed a poster that declared, “No Olympics on stolen Native land!” I made a [...]

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Everybody’s Cumin Over Samosas

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Everybody’s Cumin Over Samosas One of the things you will notice upon moving to Fredericton is that samosas are very readily accessible at many convenience stores and markets. Another thing you may notice is that they’re delicious. Starting next week, An Interesting Diversion presents Samosas With An Artist, where AQ blogger Megan MacKay will feed [...]

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Beaverbrook receives $1.5 million for renovations

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Tara Chislett THE AQUINIAN The Beaverbrook Art Gallery will receive $1.5 million of government money for renovations, Minister of State for ACOA Keith Ashfield said Thursday morning. The announcement comes as the gallery celebrates its 50 anniversary. The money will go toward adding three new spaces, one of which will house the gallery’s permanent collection. [...]

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You’ve read about it in the AQ, now check out these exclusive outtakes from our interview with Hawksley Workman.

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Perry first female pres at Harrington

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Laura Brown -The Aquinian Residence house was first open to women in 1995 Emily Perry has something to cheer about. Not only did she lead Harrington to victory at the 2009 residence cheer-off last week, but did so as the first female president in Harrington House history. “I love competition. And I love Harrington so [...]

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Greetings readers, my name is George Jacques, but my friends call me PJ.  I am a Mi’kmaq from Listuguj, QC, and I will be writing the Native issues blog regularly in hopes of sharing experiences and answering questions that you as readers, both Native and Non-Native, will have. Before I begin I would like to [...]

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The Legend of Old Stabby

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Some time ago, I worked for a video store to aid in the funding of my education. I worked the night shift, stocking shelves, sweeping popcorn and generally dealing with tweaked or burnt-out clientele. Fredericton after hours is a funny place. My first encounter with the man who would later become known – at least [...]

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