Canadian scientists pen open letter to Trudeau government
Scientists from all across Canada have come together to ask that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau ramp up his efforts in reviewing energy projects, in the…
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U of M students support Standing Rock activists
University of Manitoba students are showing solidarity with North Dakota’s Standing Rock Sioux tribe in its months-long effort to block the construction of the Dakota…
Provincial government to introduce reforms to Manitoba Scholarship and Bursary Initiative
The provincial government has revealed it will introduce reforms to the Manitoba Scholarship and Bursary Initiative (MSBI) in its next budget, making good on an…
U of M students react to university’s revised fall and winter terms
As regular classes resume at the University of Manitoba following a three-week faculty strike, students are coming to terms with the revised academic calendar. Shortly…
ASBC by-election to be held Thursday, Friday
The Arts Student Body Council (ASBC) is holding a by-election this Thursday and Friday to fill four vacant positions: women’s representative, LGBTTQ* representative, social programmer,…
Nagra loses CFS national chair bid
Nagra lost the election by a vote of 35-24, with each student union local casting a single ballot.
Transportation proposals unveiled by U of M office of sustainability
The University of Manitoba’s office of sustainability is preparing to unveil improved transportation strategies based on the results of a 2016 campus commuter survey. The…
Friday student rally on campus precedes UMFA, admin agreement
Roughly 200 students joined the picket line and marched into the U of M administrative building as a show of support for the striking University…
Space conference hosted in Winnipeg
For one weekend, Canada’s space industry came together in Winnipeg. The Winnipeg chapter of the Canadian Space Society (CSS) hosted the 15th annual Canadian Space…
CRISPR method of gene editing used on a human cancer patient for the first time
CRISPR, a relatively new method of editing genomes, has been used for the first time on a human patient in China. Let’s break down this…