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A recent study by a University of Manitoba undergraduate student suggests that Lake Winnipeg, and the fish that inhabit it, contain high levels of microplastics. Microplastics are tiny (approximately five millimetres in diameter) bits of...

Darla Contois and a small group of protesters  began  camping on the Manitoba legislature grounds Feb. 22 after Raymond Cormier was acquitted of second degree murder charges relation to the death of Tina Fontaine. Contois...

Hundreds gathered at the Odeena Celebration Circle at the Forks Saturday afternoon to rally in support of the family of Colten Boushie. Boushie, a 22-year-old man from Red Pheasant First Nation, was shot and killed...

A motion to hold a referendum on defunding the Manitoban briefly appeared in the package sent to UMSU councillors in preparation for council’s Feb. 1 meeting, before being withdrawn little more than a day...

Members of the Muslim community and the general public gathered Jan. 29 at the Manitoba legislature to commemorate the Quebec City Mosque shootings which took place one year prior. The mass shooting left six people...

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau fielded a range of questions for over two hours during a town hall event at the University of Manitoba’s Max Bell Centre on Feb. 1. Trudeau addressed questions on a variety...

The cancellation of a U of M Churchill-based field study course is drawing criticism from former students of the program. A Facebook post published by the course’s instructor, Ryan Brook - associate professor at the...