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New report shows increase in Aboriginal overrepresentation in prisons
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A report released by the Office of the Correctional Investigator showed that Aboriginal peoples account for 23 per cent of the population within Canadian federal prisons and account for only 3.8 per cent of...
Teen boys from Big Red football team charged with rape
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Two teenage boys from the Big Red football team in Steubenville, Ohio have been charged and found guilty for the rape of a 16-year-old girl.
Ma’lik Richmond, 16, has been sentenced to serve at least...
Centre for Arctic research opens at U of M
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The U of M’s Clayton H. Riddell faculty of environment, earth, and resources has had its home building, the Wallace Building, extended to house a fifth floor, which contains the brand-new Nellie Cournoyea Arctic...
“Where we are shapes who we are”
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U of M president David Barnard began the most recent installment of the Visionary Conversations speaker series by saying, “Where we are shapes who we are.” This comment was in reference to Winnipeg being...
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Victims of 2011 flood suing province
Those who lost homes, cottages, businesses, and farms in the 2011 Lake Manitoba flood are suing the province for $260 million.
The victims are arguing that an excess...
Survivor of Sierra Leone’s civil war visits the U of M
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Mariatu Kamara, UNICEF special representative for children in armed conflict and author of the book The Bite of the Mango, was at the University of Manitoba on Tuesday, Mar. 19 to share with students...
Rare Louis Riel photographs recovered
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The University of Manitoba received a new set of rare 140–year–old photographs of Louis Riel and Manitoba from a civil war memorabilia auction in Australia. They were made available to the public on Friday...
