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City committee takes brakes off U-Pass
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The universal transit pass (U-Pass) is now in the hands of Winnipeg city council and the University of Manitoba Board of Governors (BOG) after recommendations were made by the city’s standing policy committee on...
City committee to take the wheel on U-Pass implementation
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The universal transit pass (U-Pass) implementation is back on the table early next week, with major implications for the already controversial 2015 city operating budget.
Recommendations to proceed with the program are up for consideration...
American army deserter speaks at University of Manitoba
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Former United States solider Joshua Key delivered a speech to a near-capacity crowd at the University of Manitoba last week, describing his experience as an army deserter and war resister living in Canada. Key,...
National union demands changes to economics department
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Over two months after the Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT) released a controversial report on tensions within the University of Manitoba department of economics, the national union is calling on the university to...
UMSU domain dispute with CFS continues
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The University of Manitoba Students’ Union (UMSU) is planning to break away from the Canadian Federation of Students’ (CFS) web and other services even after the apparent resolution of a protracted dispute over administrative...
Heated UMSU election results in mixed executive
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The 2015 UMSU general election turned out to be a nail biter, with students electing five candidates from the two competing executive slates, resulting in a mixed-slate executive.
While last year's election brought a sweeping...
Online voting off the table this year
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University of Manitoba students will be voting using paper ballots again during this week’s University of Manitoba Students’ Union (UMSU) General Election after the union rejected the kind of online voting system that other...
