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Orange Shirt Day reaffirms reconciliation on campus

Monday marked the 12th annual Orange Shirt Day Walk...

Aiden Peters resigns as UMSU VP external

UMSU’s vice-president external affairs Aiden Peters resigned from his...

UMGPS fall 2026 first general meeting

The UMGPS held its first general meeting of the...
Arts & Culture

‘Toban turntable

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...
By
Mikaela Warkentin
Arts & Culture

Chronovisor, dark academia meets found footage horror

I have always regarded lost media and conspiracy theories as frivolous entertainment that I put on when I need some thrill in my otherwise...
By
Boris Tsun Hang Leung

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UMGPS fall 2026 first general meeting

By
Peace Ifeanyi
The UMGPS held its first general meeting of the fall semester on Sept. 16, with more than 40 students attending online and several others participating in person. Information about this hybrid meeting including how...
Emma Gillich
News

Hindu Students’ Council celebrates Janmashtami

By
Roy Albright Obah
For the second year running, the Hindu Students’ Council (HSC) at U of M hosted the Janmashtami celebration on Sept. 14 in University Centre. Ashish Charaya, HSC vice-president, explained how the festival forms part of...
Sports

Bisons football tramples the Dinos

By
Faiyaz Chowdhury
The Bisons football team played the Calgary Dinos on Sept. 19 at Dakota Collegiate. The herd came out victorious with a score of 38-36. The game started with a touchdown for the Bisons, with an...
Zachary Peters
News

UMSU continues provincial advocacy with MLA meetings

By
Roy Albright Obah
UMSU executives had meetings with ministers and MLAs over several days during the summer and at the beginning of the academic year to discuss issues affecting students. Heaven Kaur, UMSU president, described the meetings as...
Faith Peters
Sports

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

By
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...
News

Campus protest against hate

By
Arifah Gheesah
Students led a protest on Sept. 9 to speak up against recent anti-immigrant sentiments and show support for international, immigrant and BIPOC students. They also demanded the university ban the Dominion Society from campus. A...
Zulkifl Rafah
News Briefs

‘Toban news briefs

By
Arifah Gheesah
ASBC Grocery Support Program Applications for the ASBC Grocery Support Program are open until Sept. 25 at 11:59 p.m. The program will be able to provide 10 faculty of arts students with grocery store gift...
Emma Gillich

Arts & Culture

Arts & Culture

Sterling Point is a paradigm shift in teenage drama

By
Macayla Riney-Lucas
Every now and then, a television show comes along that makes you feel seen. Sterling Point is that show for me.  It captures so perfectly the inner lives of Gen Z, how we relate to...
Arts & Culture

U of M hosts fine art and music homecoming

By
Boris Tsun Hang Leung
ARTlab and the Taché Arts Complex were buzzing with activity on the night of Sept. 23 for the school of art and Desautels faculty of music homecoming. This is the first joint homecoming between...
Zulkifl Rafah
Arts & Culture

Love Medicine at the MacKenzie Art Gallery

By
Madison Beale
Love Medicine, a highly anticipated group show by Indigiqueer artists, opened June 12 at the MacKenzie Art Gallery in Regina, Sask. Curated by Métis art historian Michelle McGeough, the exhibition explores how contemporary Indigiqueer...
Madison Beale
Arts & Culture

The ‘Toban takes on Nuit Blanche (again)

By
Manitoban staff
Boris Tsun Hang Leung, arts and culture editor Nuit Blanche returned to Winnipeg on Sept. 26, bringing art installations and performances to downtown Winnipeg, the Exchange District and St. Boniface throughout the night. The 2026...
Zulkifl Rafah
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

By
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

By
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...
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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

Research & Technology

Research & Technology

When the kids leave home

By
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

By
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

By
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

Sports

Sports

The smile behind the cheer

By
Faiyaz Chowdhury
Cheerleading is a sport that combines stunts, jumps, tumbling and dance to support and energize teams during games. Cheerleaders are a familiar presence at sporting events like football, and U of M students participate...
Zulkifl Rafah
Sports

The Bison who was knighted

By
Faiyaz Chowdhury
Bisons men’s basketball will have their first game of the 2026-27 season at home on Oct. 8 against the Thompson Rivers Wolfpack. One athlete who has been part of the squad for over five...
Sports

Bisons football tramples the Dinos

By
Faiyaz Chowdhury
The Bisons football team played the Calgary Dinos on Sept. 19 at Dakota Collegiate. The herd came out victorious with a score of 38-36. The game started with a touchdown for the Bisons, with an...
Zachary Peters
Sports

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

Comment

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...