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Amnesty event illuminates Rohingya persecution

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Diana-Abasi Ubokudom
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...
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“Who has jurisdiction over water?”

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Malak Abas
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...
Jen Doerksen
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Progressive Conservatives lagging in MSBI funding targets

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Imreet Kaurwith files from Levi Garber
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...
Garett Williams
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Students, faculty challenge “regressive” Bill 31

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Imreet Kaur
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...
Asha Nelson
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Department of Canadian Heritage gives NCTR 1.1 million dollars for a...

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Imreet Kaur
The department of Canadian Heritage has contributed $1.1  million to the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation (NCTR) to acknowledge Canada 150 through a nationwide celebration of Indigenous arts, artists, and literature. The grant will...
Jen Doerksen
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Winnipeg developer sues protesters who occupied Parker Lands construction site

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Imreet Kaur
Nearly 50 protesters are being sued in excess of $500,000 by a Winnipeg developer after the Parker Lands development site was blockaded for nearly two months this summer. A lawyer for Gem Equites, a Winnipeg...
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Winnipeg Chapter of Take Back the Night holds annual march against...

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Diana-Abasi Ubokudom
Hundreds of Winnipegers gathered at the University of Winnipeg to march in solidarity with sexual assault survivors at the annual Take Back the Night march held Oct. 19. Take Back the Night is a community-based...
Asha Nelson

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