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Dec. 6 sheds light on gender-based violence
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On Dec. 6, 1989, Marc Lepine walked into École Polytechnique de Montréal and murdered 14 students because they were female.
He separated the male and female students in a classroom, allowed the men to leave...
Province targets minimum secondary dropout age
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New provincial legislation will increase the compulsory education age from 16 to 18 in an effort to curb dropout rates in Manitoba.
The minister of education, Nancy Allan, said the proposed legislation reflects a changing...
Cold weather brings flurry of car accidents
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As winter brings with it a flurry of holiday cheer, an increase in car accidents on and near campus comes along as well.
On Nov. 19, just after 11 a.m., an SUV rolled onto its...
U of M home to new Monsanto Canada Breeding Centre
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On Nov. 23, the University of Manitoba welcomed a new Monsanto Canada Breeding Centre. Meanwhile, protestors gathered on campus to oppose the opening.
Monsanto, the world’s largest seed company, relocated its Canadian corporate head office...
UMSU wants to bring pub back to campus
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The University of Manitoba Students’ Union (UMSU) presented a proposal for a student owned-and-operated pub to the university administration on Nov. 16.
UMSU’s full-time office staff developed the proposal under the direction of the UMSU...
Thank Goodness for modern medicine
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Medicine can be described as a wealth of knowledge that has grown over time. Only time, innovation and experimentation have given us what we know today in areas such as antibiotics and radiation therapy....
Cubes everywhere!
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The year is 1919, and the greatest minds of academia have unraveled the very secret of matter! In a triumph of logic, the arrangement of particles of matter — atoms — has been explained....
