local news briefs
Four grow-ops busted by Winnipeg police Four search warrants were executed on Oct. 5 by Winnipeg police at separate addresses, leading to the seizure of…
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VoteAnyWay contest winners revealed
Along with the results of the Manitoba provincial election, the winners of the VoteAnyWay project’s public service announcement contest were announced last week. The “VoteAnyWay”…
UMSU irons out security issues with The Hub
As opening day of The Hub is getting closer, UMSU is working to address potential security issues that may arise. Linda Lavallee, director of the…
Libyan students feel effects of revolution from miles away
Though physically thousands of kilometres away, Libyan students and expats of the country have felt the emotional — and sometimes financial — effects of the…
Abortion presentation sparks protest
A presentation organized by Students for a Culture of Life that focused on abortion incited a protest from members of the U of M Womyn’s…
Professor protesting removal from thesis committee
A professor in the faculty of education is protesting his removal from a master’s thesis committee last summer, alleging his removal violated the “appropriateness of…
UMSU notes
The University of Manitoba Students’ Union (UMSU) met on Oct. 6 at the Bannatyne campus. Heather Paterson, director of U of M’s Services for Students…
Program gives refugee students chance to study on campus
In many of the countries in the world, education is a right, however, in some nations, due factors such as war or political repression, students…
Sound Off
Sound Off is a continuing column in which we pose a different artist the same crucial questions. Sheldon Birnie is the lead singer of the…
Gotta love October!
Canadian poet Bliss Carman once wrote, “There is something in October sets the [ . . . ] blood astir.” There seems to be plenty…