Chiac, Surzhyk, and how New Brunswick Acadians actually say “Moose”
Language is a fascinating aspect of human existence. It evolves – sometimes in ways many of us wish it didn’t – and changes in response to its surroundings.
New Brunswick: political and economic topics, especially pertaining to the property tax system
One foot still in AB: Moving to New Brunswick (Part II)
We finally had one foot in New Brunswick, where we really wanted to be. We just didn’t know exactly when we would move here or what our life here would look like.
Home is calling: Moving to New Brunswick (Part I)
My East-Coast-born and raised wife, Michele, lived in Alberta for 37 years and she never once wavered from calling the Maritimes “home”.
Miramichi’s Ukrainians: The River’s Newest People
“We came with our suitcases, our hope, and our credit cards,” was how community activist, Yuliia Kondtratska put it.
Unreturned messages: A New Brunswick particularity?
In New Brunswick, it seems to be culturally acceptable not to return phone calls, e-mail requests, or even requests made by snail mail.
NB municipalities cry foul where there is none
A piece done by Global News on March 21, 2024, entitled, “Some N.B. municipalities angered by extra property tax pamphlet, Union says” cries out for a response.
La tempête de fin octobre
They sit in their vehicles behind the Centre communautaire, high-beam headlights illuminating but a sliver of the temperamental Strait
How the River became a magnet for Ukrainian settlement after February 2022
Prior to February 2022, there was only a handful of people of known Ukrainian heritage living in the Miramichi area. Now, there are over 150...
Pointe-Sapin
“Fait beau!” is how you’re greeted when you gas up at the Co-op or when you walk by one of the yards bursting with flowers and fierté acadienne, with the Deportation of 1755 in the past, but not too much so.