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Victims of 2011 flood suing province Those who lost homes, cottages, businesses, and farms in the 2011 Lake Manitoba flood are suing the province for $260 million. The victims are arguing that an excess...

Mariatu Kamara, UNICEF special representative for children in armed conflict and author of the book The Bite of the Mango, was at the University of Manitoba on Tuesday, Mar. 19 to share with students...

The University of Manitoba received a new set of rare 140–year–old photographs of Louis Riel and Manitoba from a civil war memorabilia auction in Australia. They were made available to the public on Friday...

A new pope was chosen on Wednesday, Mar. 13, approximately two weeks after Pope Benedict XVI’s resignation and at the closing of two days of voting. Argentinean Jorge Mario Bergoglio was named Pope Francis,...

Prairies regional organizer of the Council of Canadians Scott Harris spoke to students at the U of M about organizing activism and politics in the Canadian prairies on Mar. 12. The workshop intended to...

The Winnipeg Coalition Against Israeli Apartheid (WCAIA) and Students Against Israeli Apartheid (SAIA) coordinated events on both University of Winnipeg and University of Manitoba campuses during the week of Mar. 11, in conjunction with...

The Portage Daily Graphic, Portage La Prairie’s local newspaper, was altered from a daily publication to a weekly on Mar. 11. The decision was announced by Sun Media and came after large company cuts...