Canadian Forces to start charging provinces, municipalities for disaster relief
It was recently announced that the Canadian Forces will now be charging provinces and municipalities that have been affected by natural disasters, for their assistance….
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Report from the U of M Senate
The University of Manitoba’s senate meeting on Wednesday, Jan. 9, was dominated largely by a discussion of the school’s Strategic Enrollment Management (SEM) planning framework,…
Asper business school holds international marketing competition
Last week, students from the University of Manitoba’s Asper school of business held the 31st annual Manitoba International Marketing Competition (MIMC). MIMC is the only…
Crime beat
The holidays saw five instances of theft at the University of Manitoba. The U of M Security Services reported that two thefts of cell phones…
NHL lockout felt by businesses and workers downtown
The NHL lockout is officially over and, according to a photograph of the Jets game schedule leaked online in the Winnipeg Free Press, the first…
Campus news briefs
Bisons With Byte group invited to Russia for computer programming competition A University of Manitoba computer science group, Bisons With Byte, will be traveling to…
Federal ruling grants victory to Métis and non-status groups
A recent ruling on Jan. 8 by a federal court redefined “Indian” under the Constitution Act to include Métis and non-status Aboriginal peoples. The decision…
Private college on U of M campus criticized by former students, faculty
A privately-run college located on the University of Manitoba campus, the International College of Manitoba (ICM), has recently drawn anger from former students and the…
Winnipeg holiday check-stop pulls over 4,069 vehicles
The holiday check-stop program, run by the Winnipeg Police Service Central Traffic Unit, released their final numbers for the month of December, 2012. They stopped…
Documents show FBI surveillance of Occupy Wall Street movement
In a recent release of restricted FBI files under the Freedom of Information Act, documents show that the FBI has had the Occupy Wall Street…