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Experimental Lakes Area’s federal funding, control to run dry
Federal funding of the Experimental Lakes Area (ELA), an unoccupied and protected area of land in Ontario used for environmental research, is expected to freeze come...
Resistance is fertile
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Both women and men marched down Broadway Avenue on Friday, Mar. 8 for International Women’s Day. Participants chanted phrases such as, “two, four, six, eight, we’re the ones that ovulate,” while holding signs that...
Preliminary UMSU general election results
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Preliminary vote counts released by the chief returning officer (CRO) supervising the University of Manitoba Students’ Union (UMSU) general elections indicate that the UMSU Fresh slate will hold all executive positions in the 2013-14...
Crowdsourced gunsmithing: 3D-printed guns raise unsettling questions
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"Information wants to be free.”
This is the motto of the Internet. At this moment I can go to one of several shady websites and download a fully functional copy of almost any film...
Living with wildlife: Biologist Ryan Brook discusses human perspectives on wildlife...
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As wild areas shrink and human populations expand, there is more contact between humans and wildlife, and inevitably more conflict.
Consider Bambi, the pet deer that was put down by Manitoba Conservation officers in...
Early intervention: infant may have been cured of HIV
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The child was born in rural Mississippi in July of 2010. The mother was infected with HIV, a fact that the doctors were unaware of until a test was given while she was in...
Not as advertised: Horse meat scandal reveals cultural divide
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Earlier this year a controversy surrounding the use of horse meat in beef products found across Europe dominated headlines. Although the story has since caused many companies in Europe to withdraw several products from...




