Fourth-year libero Oscar Luk dabbles in pubs, run clubs and cafés and says the best place to meet people is wherever your hobbies are.

Kelly Lamrock took the stage at the Comic Sutra on Friday night in a bluish-pink shirt and a full room.

UNB enforces a smoke-free campus while STU maintains designated smoking areas. A look at how the two universities approach campus smoking policies.

Five decades after its release, Pink Floyd’s album about absence, burnout and corporate greed reads like a description of campus life.

Family business: Abbie Usher and her father, Daryl, take their traveling museum on the road. (Jennifer William/AQ) At Saturday’s Esoterica market in Fredericton, between the dark art and the tattoo artists, one table had a mermaid named Darwin. He isn’t the Disney kind. Darwin is a Fiji mermaid, a sideshow classic in the style P.T. Barnum once exhibited, and he is the favourite piece of Abbie Usher, 23, who runs the traveling museum Typical Relics. “We’re a traveling museum t

A fifth-year history student describes a live-scored screening at the Playhouse, and why the misunderstood monster still resonates.

Founded in 1976 by James and Inge Pataki, the gallery marked its milestone with a show featuring 50 artists.

Customers line up outside Bagel Seoul at 361 Queen St. in downtown Fredericton. The bakery has sold out before 12:30 p.m. every day since opening. (Credit: Bagel Seoul/Instagram) The sign outside Bagel Seoul says, "This is the bagel place I was telling you about." By my third failed attempt to buy a bagel there, I had started to take it personally. Fredericton's newest bakery, at 361 Queen St., has done something rare for a chilly week in October. It has made people line up i

War reporter Francis Farrell on a field trip near the front line in Donbas (Photo credit: The Kyiv Independent) In Sydney, Australia, Francis Farrell told a Fredericton audience, the hazards are well known. “Snakes and spiders are a problem. Drones and glide bombs or invading armies, not so much.” Farrell is a senior reporter at the Kyiv Independent and for four years the second list has been his beat. On Oct. 15, he delivered the inaugural Stephen Smith lecture at the Univer

The Fredericton Express home opener (Photo credit: Owen McIntyre) On Oct. 10. The Fredericton Express returned to the Grant Harvey Centre to a standing only crowd to take on the Miramachi Northmen. The excitement was pouring out the building for their season opener. Three lines of cars wrapped around the parking lot and onto the grass. All seats in the Grant-Harvey Centre this season are sold to season ticket holders. Members of the general public are only able to attend a ga

The Fredericton Golf Course, cold winds ahead. (Bailey Young/AQ) As students return to campus and varsity teams get back into competition, Fredericton’s sports scene is shifting into fall. While soccer, volleyball and cross-country athletes settle into their schedules, outdoor recreation like golf is beginning to wind down for the season. At the Fredericton Golf Club, the changing weather is already affecting when golfers hit the course. With shorter days and winter approachi

Penny Pacey, the organizer, with the volunteer Emma Dufresne (Sabrina Zabatiero A/Q) Adopt an Elder is a volunteer program designed to connect seniors with a younger generation, where volunteer work often grows into meaningful friendships. It all began with an idea to make seniors feel less lonely. After her retirement in 2020, Penny Pacey founded Adopt an Grandparent/Elder Fredericton, which pairs community volunteers with older adults to create intergenerational friendsh

Part of Canada’s charm comes from the colourful leaves bouncing with the autumn breeze. (Bailey Young AQ). By October, the city has traded patios for Uggs and trendy coats, iced drinks for coffee you can warm your hands around and green for every shade of rust, gold and red. The Saint John Wolastoq River moves quietly beside it all. Fall here is brief, which makes the whole season feel slightly more urgent. Start at the Boyce Farmers' Market on a Saturday morning. It smells

Kensea Aaron during a race last season (Photo credit: STU Athletics) The St. Thomas University (STU) Cross Country teams got their season underway last weekend in Truro, with the men finishing third and the women taking sixth. Kensea Aaron was the top finisher for the Tommies men’s team, placing fifth in the eight-kilometer race with a time of 32 minutes and 29 seconds. It was the first race of Aaron’s second season with STU. He made an immediate impact as a rookie last ye

Fredericton Express players during a game last March (Photo credit: Fredericton Express Facebook Page) After a founding season that brought a fourth place finish and a trip to the Beausejour Senior Hockey League (BSHL) finals, the Fredericton Express are aiming to improve off their freshman year success. Ahead of their opening game on the road against the debuting Saint John Flames on Oct. 3, General Manager Troy Fasquel is aiming to capitalize on a first season that nobody

The muskrats drumming group performing at the grand opening of the Under One Sky Friendship Centre. (Photo credit: Peter Gross) The muskrats were drumming with all their hearts to a large crowd gathered for the opening of the Under One Sky Friendship Centre in Fredericton on Tuesday, Sept. 29, at 10 a.m. on a rainy day. Patsy McKinney, executive director of Under One Sky Friendship Centre, drew a standing ovation. “I want to take a moment to acknowledge our ancestors, those

Green Door Smash's poster holds its place in downtown Fredericton. (Jennifer William/AQ) For students still looking to find their footing this semester, Green Door Smash offers something different: a weekly gathering at Marshall D’Avray Hall, room 116 — built entirely around fighting games and the people who show up to play them. In 2010, a group of University of New Brunswick (UNB) students bonded over Super Smash Bros. Melee and decided to build something around it. Fiftee

Rink Rebels co-founder Doug Grandy (Photo credit: Sportsnet) What started as an idea between two friends has grown into a nationally recognized hockey program. Doug Grandy and Ryan Burns have been involved in the female hockey system in Fredericton for a while. Their daughters both played the sport and came through the local ranks. As a result, they saw firsthand the fallacies and challenges within the system. In response to what they saw, Grandy and Burns asked what could be

April Pyne's abstraction showcase. (Credit: Malachi Lefurgey) The 10-year-old Gallery on Queen is one of those galleries that aren't afraid to represent the unrepresented, showcasing art that says and means something. “That is my mandate,” said Nadia Khoury, owner of the gallery. On March 28, Khoury presented to the city of Fredericton “In Conversation,” a celebration of Black art. “Black artists and history are not just February, we need to celebrate ... but the rest of

Julia Reid-Howell makes her world record attempt at the Base Gagetown Fitness Facility. (Submitted: Julia Reid-Howell) A local Fredericton middle school art teacher and avid runner may have just broken the world record for fastest female 1 km run while pushing a stroller. With her 17-month-old daughter Winnie sitting in front of her, Julia Reid-Howell beat the current record by nearly 20 seconds at Base Gagetown’s Fitness Facility on Feb. 28. The current Guinness World Record