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Tag Archives: New Brunswick Day
Emancipation Day comes to Canada
There’s so much happening in our little corner of Canada this weekend. You might say that in New Brunswick we are being emancipated from the emergency restrictions put in place to combat COVID. Starting yesterday, the province that cut off … Continue reading
Posted in History and Politics
Tagged abolition, Canada, COVID, Emancipation Day, history, New Brunswick, New Brunswick Day, racism, slavery, systemic racism
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Yes, New Brunswick deserves its own day!
Few people outside the small eastern Canadian province of New Brunswick will know that today is New Brunswick Day. Even fewer will care! In fact, there is nothing historically significant about today – or the first Monday in August – … Continue reading
Posted in History and Politics, Odds and Ends
Tagged civic holiday, Fall, history, New Brunswick, New Brunswick Day, photography, spring, summer, University of New Brunswick, winter
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