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Federal government to cap international student permits

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Colton McKillop
The federal government is capping permits for international students for two years as part of an effort to combat “bad actors” in the post-secondary sector, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Marc Miller announced...
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Community marches for justice for Afolabi Stephen Opaso

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Alicia Rose
The words “No justice, no peace,” echoed at Union Station Saturday afternoon as more than one hundred people gathered to protest the killing of Afolabi Stephen Opaso, a 19-year-old Nigerian international student at the...
Matthew Merkel
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Student-at-large suspended from UMSU meetings

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Michaela de Hoop
Student-at-large Victoria Romero has been suspended from attending UMSU board of director meetings for the remainder of the 2023-2024 academic year.  During the Jan. 25 UMSU board of directors (BoD) meeting, board members were presented...
Ebunoluwa Akinbo
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Nursing student reinstated

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Simon Pensato
University of Manitoba nursing student and former senior stick of the U of M Nursing Students’ Association Arij Al Khafagi’s status as a student has been reinstated.  Al Khafagi was previously suspended following social media...
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Shortfalls in menstrual equity at U of M, audit reveals

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Kyra Campbell
Volunteers for the Period Poverty and Equity on Campus and Beyond project at U of M’s Fort Garry and Bannatyne campuses have found significant room for improvement when it comes to to reaching menstrual...
Matthew Merkel
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Historic agreement reached to protect Manitoba watershed

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Michaela de Hoop
 A Memorandum of Understanding was signed between four Indigenous nations, the Manitoba government and the Government of Canada to protect the Seal River Watershed.  The Seal River Watershed is comprised of 50,000 square kilometres of...
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UMSU to adopt ranked ballots in general elections

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Colton McKillop
The UMSU board of directors voted at its Jan. 11 board meeting to move toward the implementation of a ranked ballot voting system for general elections. Motion 0588, which proposed adopting a ranked ballot voting...
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