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UMSU continues provincial advocacy with MLA meetings

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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...
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Manitoba Budget 2025 allocates $3.7B for capital projects

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Ngozi Okose
The Manitoba government has announced Budget 2025, marking the largest capital investment in the province’s history, according to the press release. Finance Minister Adrien Sala revealed on March 20 that the budget aims to...
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Provincial byelection announced for Transcona riding

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Milan Lukes
The Manitoba government has announced a byelection for the Transcona riding on Tuesday, March 18. The new member elected to the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba will replace the riding’s former MLA, Nello Altomare, who passed...
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MB post-secondary funding to increase by $43 million

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Colton McKillop
The Manitoba government released details of its budget last Tuesday, including the allocation of $43 million “to support post-secondary students training for their careers,” as well as funding increases for Manitoba Student Aid, scholarships...
Faith Peters
Sports

U of M swim teams compete in western championships

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Quinn Mayhew
The University of Manitoba swim teams made a splash between March 16 and 19 at the Western championships, which took place at the Pan Am Pool. Women’s Team The women’s team finished one of the last...
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International student health coverage timeline unclear

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Kyra Campbell
International student Garv Bhasin says he and other international students would benefit from provincial health insurance. “There should be some plans,” said Bhasin. With another academic year coming to a close, the timeline of the reinstation...
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Indigenous student internship applications open this month

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Alicia Rose
Indigenous students at the University of Manitoba can apply to the Indigenous summer student internship program on March 8. René Ouellette, who is Inuit, is the associate vice president (human resources) at the U...
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