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Child and family advocacy group releases report on poverty in Canada
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Campaign 2000, an anti-poverty advocacy group, released its annual report card on the state of child and family poverty in Canada last week. The report found that the problem of poverty has, in recent...
Social workers hired to help those in need downtown
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Two new social workers, hired by the Downtown Winnipeg Business Improvement Zone (BIZ), will be available in 2013 for people in need downtown. The move aims to reduce arrests through viable long-term solutions that...
E. coli, food security, and the ethics of meat production
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A new labour studies course entitled “Advocacy and Animal Rights,” will begin in January 2013, and will examine the issue of food ethics.
The course came out of Canada’s largest meat recall at Alberta’s...
Winnipeg police officer on trial for assault of prisoner
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A Winnipeg police officer is currently standing trial for allegedly assaulting a prisoner who he was transporting to the Winnipeg Remand Centre. The trial commenced on Nov. 26.
The police officer, constable Ryan Law, nephew...
High and dry?
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Members and supporters of Lake St. Martin First Nation gathered at the Manitoba Legislature on Monday, Nov. 26, in attempt to demand answers from the provincial government on when they will be able to...
Student receives Rhodes Scholarship for outstanding achievement
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Thomas Toles was the 97th student from the University of Manitoba to receive the Rhodes Scholarship. He is in his fourth year of an honours degree with a double major in English and psychology....
Write for Rights event comes to U of M
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Amnesty International’s annual Write for Rights event will be held on Dec. 10, the day recognized as Human Rights Day. The University of Manitoba Amnesty International group met on Nov. 26 and 27 at...
