David Koch

2 weeks ago | nbmediacoop.org | David Koch

A New Brunswick man who is in Egypt for the Global March to Gaza says he was detained by Egyptian police today with other members of the Canadian delegation, including its coordinator, whose location is unknown. Another delegate has been deported, according to Jeff Houlahan. The University of New Brunswick professor, who travelled to Egypt for the march earlier this month, outlined the situation in a series of text messages to the NB Media Co-op on Saturday.

3 weeks ago | nbmediacoop.org | David Koch

The NB Federation of Labour will call on unions to refuse handling any weapons shipments bound for Israel, following the adoption of an arms embargo resolution at the group’s recent convention in Saint John. The resolution calls on the central labour body to declare any arms shipments bound for Israel to be “hot cargo,” a term referencing goods that unionized workers refuse to handle based on principles of solidarity.

1 month ago | nbmediacoop.org | David Koch |RYAN HILLIER

A University of New Brunswick professor plans to travel to Egypt next month, where he will join an international march to the border of the besieged and bombarded Gaza Strip. Activists taking part in the Global March to Gaza are demanding that authorities open the Rafah crossing on the southern border of the Gaza Strip to allow for the flow of international aid.

1 month ago | nbmediacoop.org | David Koch

Peskotomuhkati Chief Hugh Akagi has issued a message to King Charles III, asking the monarch for an audience during his visit to Canada. In a video posted to YouTube on Monday morning, just before King Charles and Queen Camilla were scheduled to arrive in Ottawa, the chief called for the recognition of treaties signed between the Crown and the Peskotomuhkati. “Hey King, let’s sit down and straighten this out,” Akagi said. “I mean, what does it take?

1 month ago | nbmediacoop.org | David Koch

The health and safety concerns of postal workers are being sidelined in the ongoing dispute with Canada Post, says the president of a union local. “Health and safety, as you’ve seen on the news, never comes up,” said Shawn Oldenburg, president of Local 054 of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers. He made the comments just hours before strike action was expected to begin across the country.