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Last week the Canadian Federation of Students (CFS) undertook a series of actions on the U of M campus to launch a new campaign aimed at eliminating interest on student loans. The CFS took over...

The U of M senate convened last week for its monthly meeting, where the International College of Manitoba (ICM) presented its annual report on college operations. David Collins, U of M vice-provost of academic planning...

When you’re drowning in textbooks and preoccupied with new ideas, new classes, and new friends, financial planning is probably the last thing on your mind. Who wants to budget every coffee and orange juice...

Last week, the University of Manitoba Students’ Union (UMSU), the UMSU Womyn’s Centre, and the Rainbow Pride Mosaic (RPM) jointly organized and held part one of a two-part LGBTTQ* ally training course in the...

Senior citizens in Manitoba will soon be paying a reduced amount of yearly provincial tax as Greg Selinger’s NDP government makes good on a 2011 election commitment. Finance Minister Stan Struthers announced the plan nearly...

Taking the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) up on an open offer to all citizen groups, Open Media, a British Columbia-based advocacy group for fair media practices, will hold five conferences across Canada...

Military issues memo on whistleblowers Lt.-Gen. Marquis Haines of the Canadian army distributed a memo to service members recently announcing his commitment to disciplining service members caught leaking confidential military information to the press. “As in...