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October is sustainability month in Manitoba. The U of M’s office of sustainability is hosting events throughout the month to promote awareness about the impact human behaviour has on the planet and to advocate for...

A U of M associate professor and child psychologist has been arrested and charged with possession of child pornography. Gary Shady, 72, was arrested in his Fort Rouge home Wednesday. An investigation by the Winnipeg Police...

Manitobans marched from City Hall to the legislative building Thursday to advocate for a poverty-free province. The walk, organized by Make Poverty History Manitoba — an activist group focused on changing public policy to identify...

Indigenous U of M professor Laara Fitznor expressed concern with the U of M’s Traditional Territories Acknowledgement during a lecture Oct. 4. Fitznor, an associate professor at the U of M’s Faculty of Education, has...

As the end of the three-year U-Pass contract nears, Winnipeg Transit has requested to begin negotiations with UMSU. UMSU’s current U-Pass contract will expire in May 2019, which UMSU president Jakob Sanderson called an “exciting...

Disability rights advocate David Lepofsky spoke at a talk hosted by Barrier-Free Manitoba at the Millennium Library Oct. 4 where he criticized the provincial government for lagging behind when bringing accessibility standards into law. Lepofsky,...

A study conducted by the Manitoba Centre for Health Policy has found that 28 per cent of Manitoban adults have been diagnosed with at least one mental illness. The study, titled Mental Illness among adult...