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U of M trims nearly $11 million from operating budget
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The University of Manitoba approved a third consecutive year of cuts to its operating budget in May, trimming nearly $11 million from expenses and drawing criticism from faculty and students.
Facing an operating baseline budget...
Fort Richmond residents begin to see results on rental housing
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A residents' association formed to deal with the proliferation of illegal student rooming houses in the neighbourhoods around the University of Manitoba is beginning to see results, according to an update delivered at a...
CFS-MB membership calls on UMSU to settle nearly $1 million in...
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The University of Manitoba Students' Union (UMSU) owes nearly $1 million in membership fees to the Canadian Federation of Students (CFS), and other member locals in the province are starting to get impatient.
A resolution...
Negotiations between university, UMFA underway
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Full-scale negotiations between the University of Manitoba and its faculty union toward a multi-year agreement commenced late May, with nearly 30 days set aside and bargaining sessions scheduled into September.
Talks with the University of...
Progressive Conservatives hold line on post-secondary funding
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In its first provincial budget since being elected to office in April, the Manitoba Progressive Conservative government held steady on post-secondary funding.
Released on May 31, the provincial budget will increase university operating grants slightly...
UMSU set to run roughly $300,000 deficit, says vice-president internal
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The University of Manitoba Students' Union (UMSU) revealed at last week's annual general meeting that the union has accumulated a deficit, based on financial data from May 1, 2015, to the end of February...
Credit card, CFS-MB discussed at UMSU AGM
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Roughly 85 students showed up to the University of Manitoba Student’s Union’s (UMSU) annual general meeting (AGM) March 28 to raise concerns about the state of the union.
The union took flak over the time...
