Province honours missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls
More than 200 people gathered in the rotunda of the Manitoba Legislative Building on Oct. 4 as Manitoba observed its first legislated day remembering missing…
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Pro-life student group workshop met with protests
University of Manitoba Students for a Culture of Life (UMSCL), a student group that aims to educate and advocates for an end to abortion in…
Nuclear prohibition: Why was Canada not in the room?
Senator Marilou McPhedran – long-celebrated for being a pioneer in the inquisition and advocacy to promote human rights through systematic reform in law, governance, and…
UMSU hires new services coordinator
The University of Manitoba Students’ Union (UMSU) has hired Mubo Ilelaboye as the new full-time coordinator for community groups. At the beginning of the 2017-18…
UMSU reports first budget surplus in nearly a decade
The University of Manitoba Students’ Union (UMSU) approved its 2016-17 year-end audited budget at its regular meeting Oct. 12, which, for the first time since…
Amy Goodman of Democracy Now! illuminates importance of independent media
Award-winning journalist Amy Goodman visited Winnipeg as a part of her Democracy Now! 2017 speaking tour, speaking at Knox United Church Friday. Goodman is the…
Jane Goodall receives honorary degree from U of W
Primatologist Jane Goodall received an honorary doctor of laws degree from the University of Winnipeg Friday in a special convocation ceremony. Goodall joins a distinguished…
Hundreds of airport workers walk the line
More than 100 Workers of the Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson International Airport have been on strike since July 24, after collective bargaining and mediation sessions…
UMSU approves motion supporting extending international students’ fee payment deadline
The University of Manitoba Students’ Union (UMSU) approved a motion to advocate for extending the deadline for tuition fee payments for international students at its…
Syrian families targeted by hateful graffiti
Syrian families living in a housing complex on Dufferin Avenue woke up the morning of Sept. 19 to discover hateful graffiti scribbled on their fence….