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The fourth annual International Education Week was held across Canada last week in order to recognize the importance of international students to “Canada, to Canadian educational institutions, and to all Canadians.” The Canadian event...

After much campaigning and anticipation, Barack Obama was re-elected as President of the United States on Nov. 6 with approximately 332 electoral votes to his Republican opponent Mitt Romney’s 206 electoral votes. It was projected...

U-Pass referendum results show support for universal bus pass The counting of the UMSU U-Pass referendum took place on Nov. 16 and saw 73.82 per cent of student voters in support of the initiative. 29.17...

The “It Gets Better” campaign, which supports lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered (LGBT) youth, is reaching further with a video from the RCMP. RCMP officers from Surrey, B.C., posted the video on YouTube on...

October saw several accounts of criminal activity at the University of Manitoba. Ten thefts were reported from Oct. 1 to 31, nine of them being missing laptops taken from unattended spots or lockers. A male...

Dr. Reece Malone, Winnipeg sexologist and sex educator, held a seminar that was the first of its kind on Nov. 10 to discuss sexual empowerment, drawing over 150 women who were eager to hear...

Bilingualism requirements for jobs in Quebec have, over the years, resulted in many immigrants being denied work. Diane de Courcy, Quebec immigration minister, says that it is a very serious problem that needs to...