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Seela launches 6 km run for Indigenous mental health

Throughout the month of September, Rayden Seela, UMSU Indigenous...

CIPA inaugurates flagship program

The Canadian Immigrant Professional Alliance (CIPA) launched its inaugural...

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The Manitoban horoscope for the week of Sept. 7

By
Quinn Mayhew
Aquarius January 20 – February 18 Aquarius, do not fret. The solution to your problem is just within reach. Do not go searching for answers this week, because the solution will find you whether you want...
Emma Gillich
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How Buffy the Vampire Slayer changed 90s television

By
Quinn Mayhew
Imagine you open your browser and it’s 2016. You Google the words “Buffy the Vampire Slayer full episodes online,” the air has just turned to autumn, and you’re freshly in high school with nothing...
Emma Gillich
Editorial

I am more than one thing

By
Arifah Gheesah
I love being a multidimensional woman. I love not fitting in a box, not being what people perceive me as. There is a different feeling of freedom that comes with being a woman who does...
Arts & Culture

From the herbarium to the gallery

By
Boris Tsun Hang Leung
La Maison des artistes visuels francophones presented Dry Media VIII: Plant Fibres on Sept. 3, an art exhibition showing works by Textile and Fibre Artists of Manitoba (TFAM) created in response to botanical specimens...
Research & Technology

Drawing the line on GenAI

By
Mansura Akter Meghla
Should students use generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) to help with an assignment? According to Brenda M. Stoesz, the answer depends on the course, the assignment and what an instructor has permitted. Stoesz is the research...
Emma Gillich
Sports

Building the Ken dynasty

By
Faiyaz Chowdhury
The Bisons women’s volleyball team has had immense success recently, evident by their 2025 U-Sports Championship victory. One of the foundations for this success might be the recruitment process that goes unnoticed.  The 2026-27 season...
Ebunoluwa Akinbo
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The Manitoban horoscope for the week of August 31

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Quinn Mayhew
Aquarius January 20 – February 18 Dear Aquarius, do not ponder too hard on that choice you made. The time has passed, you need to move on. You cannot change time. It’s okay to make bad...
Emma Gillich
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French is crucial to Canadian identity

By
Quinn Mayhew
Earlier last week, Mark Carney withdrew from trade negotiations between Canada and the U.S. over the protection of the French language. You may be asking what this means. Trump is ultimately seeking agreements to discourage...
Emma Gillich

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Arts & Culture

If sacredness had a colour, what would it be?

By
Boris Tsun Hang Leung
Colours of sacredness might summon mystical visuals of gilded religious texts or richly decorated places of worship, but for hannah_g, its hues are all around us. Galerie Buhler Gallery in St. Boniface Hospital opened What...
Arts & Culture

‘Toban turntable

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Mikaela Warkentin
4.5/5 True Mountain Laurel, the joint project between Haley Blais and Sam Lynch, released their debut album Angel So Bad on Aug. 28. Under Winnipeg’s own Birthday Cake Records, Angel So Bad leans into a...
Arts & Culture

Chronovisor, dark academia meets found footage horror

By
Boris Tsun Hang Leung
I have always regarded lost media and conspiracy theories as frivolous entertainment that I put on when I need some thrill in my otherwise mundane life. However, Chronovisor, with its blend of found footage,...
Arts & Culture

Reel Pride Film Festival kicks off on Sept. 16

By
Boris Tsun Hang Leung
The 41st edition of the Reel Pride Film Festival is returning to the Gas Station Arts Centre on Sept. 16, screening nine 2SLGBTQIA+ films from around the world until Sept. 20.  Reel Pride, created in...
Arts & Culture

Quintin Bart’s jazz-infused hurdy-gurdy journey

By
Boris Tsun Hang Leung
I first saw Quintin Bart perform at a tribute show for the late John Prentice, a pillar in Winnipeg’s folk music scene, at the West End Cultural Centre.  I watched in amazement as he played guitar...
Ebunoluwa Akinbo
Arts & Culture

‘There is not one way to be Métis’

By
Boris Tsun Hang Leung
Métis beadwork might conjure images of moccasins, coats and mittens, but this animator has adapted the art form into stop motion film.  Maxime Kornachuk is a Métis animator based in Winnipeg who focuses on stop...
Arts & Culture

From the herbarium to the gallery

By
Boris Tsun Hang Leung
La Maison des artistes visuels francophones presented Dry Media VIII: Plant Fibres on Sept. 3, an art exhibition showing works by Textile and Fibre Artists of Manitoba (TFAM) created in response to botanical specimens...
Arts & Culture

Prairie Comics Festival returns for 10th anniversary

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Boris Tsun Hang Leung
The annual Prairie Comics Festival is set to take place from Sept. 5 to 6 at the Manitoba Museum, marking its 10th anniversary this year. According to artistic director Sam Beiko, visitors can expect to...
Arts & Culture

Never far from home

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Boris Tsun Hang Leung
Maryam Bagheri, who resides in Winnipeg with her husband and two children, has not been able to visit her family in Iran for the past nine years. She keeps in contact with her mother with...
Arts & Culture

Dafoe Library exhibits 2000-year-old papyri

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Boris Tsun Hang Leung
Dafoe Library unveiled The Ancient Inbox on Aug. 17, an exhibit showcasing 19 papyri from Roman Egypt. This is the first public display of papyri in Winnipeg, according to U of M classics professor...
Arts & Culture

Rethinking landscapes at the WAG

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Boris Tsun Hang Leung
The Winnipeg Art Gallery (WAG) unveiled its latest exhibition, Terra Cognita/Incognita, on Aug. 19, featuring over 125 landscape-themed artworks from the gallery’s permanent collection and pieces by four local artists. Riva Symko, the WAG curator...
Arts & Culture

Winnipeg Fringe Festival 2026 draws to a close

By
Boris Tsun Hang Leung
The 39th edition of the Winnipeg Fringe Theatre Festival concluded its twelve-day run on July 26.  The festival, founded by the Royal Manitoba Theatre Company in 1988, hosted shows by 160 performing companies in 31...
Zulkifl Rafah
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Emma Gillich

Africa, Mama

Small-scale farming is the future of tomorrow

Unplugging from the Matrix

Newspapers are bigger than us

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Research & Technology

When the kids leave home

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Mansura Akter Meghla
For students, leaving home for college or university can mean independence, new routines and a major change in everyday life. But on the other side of that move are parents and caregivers adjusting to...
Emma Gillich
Research & Technology

Drawing the line on GenAI

By
Mansura Akter Meghla
Should students use generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) to help with an assignment? According to Brenda M. Stoesz, the answer depends on the course, the assignment and what an instructor has permitted. Stoesz is the research...
Emma Gillich
Research & Technology

Canada’s changing defence landscape

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Mansura Akter Meghla
According to Andrea Charron, a professor of international relations in the political science department at the U of M, Canada is entering a period of significant change in defence policy. Charron said Canada faces...
Research & Technology

The language of belonging

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Mansura Akter Meghla
Danielle Gaucher, associate professor in the U of M’s department of psychology and Canada research chair in social inequality, gender and public policy (tier ii), studies social justice and social change through a social-psychological...
Emma Gillich

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Hooping never stops

By
Faiyaz Chowdhury
The phenomenon of pickup basketball in the U.S. cannot be explained by words. Despite this, it does not stop the basketball culture from cascading its way into a city like Winnipeg. Last weekend, at...
Faiyaz Chowdhury
Sports

U of M Esports Club spreads their wings

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Faiyaz Chowdhury
With the fall semester starting, the U of M Esports Club has put their pedal to the metal. From previously mostly hosting Super Smash Bros. once a week, the club has decided to add...
Sports

Dinos outclass the herd

By
Faiyaz Chowdhury
With a loss in the first game of the season, 2-1 against Calgary Dinos on Sept. 4, the Bisons played against the Dinos again on Saturday. The game ended with a complete show of...
Ebunoluwa Akinbo
Sports

Sailing in Manitoba

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Faiyaz Chowdhury
While the U of M might not have a sailing club, unlike some other Canadian universities, Manitobans need not sink in despair. There happens to be at least a dozen sailing clubs in the...
Emma Gillich

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How Buffy the Vampire Slayer changed 90s television

I am more than one thing

The Manitoban horoscope for the week of August 31

French is crucial to Canadian identity

Why I love being an unc

The Manitoban horoscope for the week of Aug. 24

LARP, why not?

Africa, Mama

Be a traveller, not a tourist

Letters

Possible health-care policies

After reading through multiple articles on various topics related...

Health-care policy proposals for older adults

We are second-year nursing students at the U of...

Re: Re: Words from Arij Al Khafagi’s appeal hearing

Dear Editor, I am responding to R. Spivak’s letter of...

Re: Journeying into school psychology

I was sincerely engaged by the article “Journeying into...

Re: UMSU continues anti-Palestinian racism definition talks

To the editor, I was sad to see, in the...