2016

Bisons edge high-flying Golden Bears

The University of Manitoba Bisons men’s hockey team opened up the 2016 calendar year with a clash against the defending CIS champion Alberta Golden Bears, coming out on top 7-4 on Friday night at the Wayne Fleming arena.



Sports opinion: Flag on the play

I saw Concussion a few days after its Christmas Day release and was thoroughly disappointed. While the vast majority of the movie ground my gears, I was particularly upset by the lack of scenes involving NFL commissioners Paul Tagliabue and Roger Goodell.


Big ice equals big problems for Canada

The 2016 World Junior Hockey Championships (WJHC) will go down as a tournament Team Canada would much rather forget. After only five games, the reigning champions were eliminated at the quarterfinal stage by hosts Finland in a contest that was heart-pounding and heartbreaking.


European breakdown

We are at the halfway mark of most of the seasons in European soccer and there are some interesting storylines developing. The Manitoban highlights some of the biggest stories.


Culture for Kindness

While the group was started in August, its origin can be traced back to mid-July, when Guy came up with the idea for a “week of kindness,”


Questions and Anders

The University of Manitoba Bisons men’s basketball team is riding high heading into the second half of the year. Fresh off their first Wesmen Classic holiday tournament win since 1991 and riding a four-game win streak from before the break, there’s plenty to get excited about.


Rocket size competition

A decade ago, it would have been hard to believe that two eccentric billionaires would be making passive-aggressive remarks via social media on each other’s rocket…


Ocean-cleaning barrier set to launch

The world’s first ocean-cleaning system to collect plastic pollution is expected to launch in 2016. The system was conceptualized by 21-year-old Boyan Slat, Dutch inventor…


Genetic modification is now

Early in 2015, the Manitoban’s science and technology editor Chantelle Dubois wrote a piece on the future of creating designer babies – children born with…