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Beginning on Halloween, the Manitoba Council for International Cooperation (MCIC) is proposing a challenge: purchase fair trade coffee, tea, and chocolate as much as you can for the entire month. The Fair Trade Challenge...

Greg Selinger’s NDP provincial government sought to reinvigorate things with a cabinet shuffle on Oct 18. The shuffle saw numerous changes, with three new ministers elevated from the backbenches, three dropped, and four veteran...

In May of 2012, Public Safety Minister Vic Toews announced a plan of the federal government’s to implement changes to prisoners’ wages. At the time, Toews said the changes would save over $4 million...

University of Manitoba Students’ Union (UMSU) councillors and students-at-large were allowed a glimpse of the fiscal state of the union last week, after council saw dual finance reports – one from vice-president internal Amanda...

On Monday, Oct. 21, a deal was struck at the 11th hour between the U of M administration and the U of M Faculty Association (UMFA), narrowly avoiding a strike. Three points of contention...

Finance report: Frosh Festival failed to break even Justin Paquin of Paquin Entertainment reported to UMSU council on Monday, Oct. 21 that the Frosh Music Festival generated a net loss of $150,404. Paquin entertainment was contracted...

British Columbia’s influential HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment advocate Dr. Julio Montaner was in Winnipeg early this month to help lobby for improved disease prevention and treatment in Manitoba. Montaner, who frequently presents on B.C.’s “Treatment...