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UMSU boosts Indigenous support

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Diana-Abasi Ubokudom
UMSU  has committed to fund up to 25 new scholarships for Indigenous students. The UMSU Award for Indigenous Community Leaders, which will be spread out over 12 years beginning this academic year, will be...
Quincy Houdayer
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CMHR sheds light on Canadian black history

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Diana-Abasi Ubokudom
The Canadian Museum for Human Rights (CMHR) organized several mini-talks covering a range of topics every Saturday through February to mark Black History Month. The talks mainly focused on three areas: the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade,...
Asha Nelson
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U of M student finds high level of plastic in Lake...

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Malak Abas
A recent study by a University of Manitoba undergraduate student suggests that Lake Winnipeg, and the fish that inhabit it, contain high levels of microplastics. Microplastics are tiny (approximately five millimetres in diameter) bits of...
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Protesters camp at legislature following Cormier verdict

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Jen Doerksen
Darla Contois and a small group of protesters  began  camping on the Manitoba legislature grounds Feb. 22 after Raymond Cormier was acquitted of second degree murder charges relation to the death of Tina Fontaine. Contois...
Jen Doerksen
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Hundreds gather in solidarity with Boushie family

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Imreet Kaur
Hundreds gathered at the Odeena Celebration Circle at the Forks Saturday afternoon to rally in support of the family of Colten Boushie. Boushie, a 22-year-old man from Red Pheasant First Nation, was shot and killed...
Asha Nelson
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Motion to hold referendum on Manitoban’s funding presented, withdrawn prior to...

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Evan Tremblay
A motion to hold a referendum on defunding the Manitoban briefly appeared in the package sent to UMSU councillors in preparation for council’s Feb. 1 meeting, before being withdrawn little more than a day...
Asha Nelson
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Winnipeg remembers victims of Quebec City Mosque shooting

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Diana-Abasi Ubokudom
Members of the Muslim community and the general public gathered Jan. 29 at the Manitoba legislature to commemorate the Quebec City Mosque shootings which took place one year prior. The mass shooting left six people...
Asha Nelson

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