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UMSU criticized for short notice, poor publicity of AGMs
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The University of Manitoba Students’ Union (UMSU) is being criticized for poorly promoting its annual general meetings (AGM) after only two students attended the most recent attempted meet Nov. 8.
The AGM did not go...
Province, Ottawa trade barbs over climate plan
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Premier Brian Pallister plans to introduce a $25 per tonne carbon tax starting in 2018 over the next four years, defying Ottawa’s directive.
The federal government has demanded that provinces establish a carbon tax that...
Students protesting Bill 31 escorted out of the legislative building
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Students and others partaking in a peaceful sit-in protest to oppose Bill 31 outside Premier Brian Pallister’s office were escorted out of the Legislative Building Nov. 8.
The protesters were opposing Bill 31 - the...
Amnesty event illuminates Rohingya persecution
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Amnesty International and the Immigrant and Refugee Community Organization of Manitoba (IRCOM) hosted apanel discussion examining the persecution currently faced by the Rohingya peopel in the northern part of the state of Rakhine on...
“Who has jurisdiction over water?”
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The University of Manitoba hosted the Student Pipeline Action Committee’s (SPAC) inaugural speaker panel event on Nov. 2.
The event, titled “Beyond Borders: Pipeline Resistance from Standing Rock to Manitowapow,” was held in Robson Hall...
Progressive Conservatives lagging in MSBI funding targets
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During the campaign leading up to the 2016 Manitoba provincial election, the only Progressive Conservative platform plank that reached into post-secondary education was a promise to increase funding to the Manitoba Scholarships and Bursaries...
Students, faculty challenge “regressive” Bill 31
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Nearly all of the more than 50 people registered to speak at a public hearing on Bill 31 - the Advanced Education Administration Amendment Act - last week argued against lifting the cap that...
