Editorial

As this paper hits newsstands, UMFM is in the midst of a referendum campaign to have their fees increased from $2.50 to $4 a semester. The increase is long overdue; UMFM hasn’t had an increase...

The controversial fee hike motion recently passed by the University of Manitoba Students’ Union (UMSU) council omitted three key words that might have killed the proposal outright, had they been spoken back in November. Front...

As a female musician, I often feel as though I have to work twice as hard to be taken half as seriously in the music scene. Dealing with sexism onstage is a difficult situation to...

Much was made of Prime Minister Trudeau’s support, during the COP21 Paris accords, of setting a goal of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius rather than two degrees. At the time, there was...

As of this past fall term, student fees paid to the Manitoban have gone up from $4 to $6 a semester. A proposal was put forward by the Manitoban to the University of Manitoba Students’...

As a result of the recent federal election, the topic of legal and regulated marijuana has gone from a far-flung possibility to a nearly immediate reality for Canadians. Legalization became a hot issue for Canadians...

The Manitoban was first published in Nov. 1914 and has been chugging along in some form or another for over 101 years. It’s one of the largest and oldest student papers in Western Canada. Eminent...