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Deadline for Welcome Mentors applications approaches

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Colton McKillop
The application deadline to become a welcome mentor for new international students in the upcoming winter term is fast approaching, with Dec. 2 being the last day to apply. The program assigns new international students...
Jenna Solomon
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Province pauses performance-based funding plans

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Colton McKillop
The provincial government has halted plans to implement a performance-based funding model for Manitoba’s post-secondary institutions. Last Tuesday’s throne speech did not mention the funding model, and later that day Premier Heather Stefanson told reporters...
Faith Peters
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Students still facing delays from MB Student Aid

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Colton McKillop
Within the fall semester more than half over, some post-secondary students are still facing difficulties getting into contact with Manitoba Student Aid (MSA) or securing funds, as the government is integrating the province’s student...
Ebunoluwa Akinbo
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Scott Gillingham elected mayor in tight race

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Colton McKillop
Scott Gillingham won a narrow victory over front-runner Glen Murray in last Wednesday’s election to decide Winnipeg’s next mayor. Gillingham won with 27.5 per cent of the vote, just 2.5 percentage points over Murray’s 25...
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Court rejects legal injunction to stop UMSU referendum

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Colton McKillop
A motion for a legal injunction filed by the Canadian Federation of Students, aimed at stopping UMSU’s planned referendum on the student union’s continued membership in the federation, was dismissed by the Court of...
Ebunoluwa Akinbo
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Meet Winnipeg’s 2022 mayoral front-runners

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Colton McKillopMatthew Merkel
Glen Murray Glen Murray, who served as mayor of Winnipeg from 1998 to 2004, is running again because he thinks “the city is facing a number of challenges that need some real leadership and imagination...
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Craig Adolphe
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U of M to hold in-person convocation for 2020 and 2021

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Colton McKillop
The University of Manitoba has announced that it will hold an in-person convocation ceremony at the end of this academic year for students who graduated in 2020 and 2021. As a result of the COVID-19...
Faith Peters
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